Hey all. I have a '97 5.4 4x4. I am trying to buy a Transgo shift kit but I don't know what tranny I have. I am seeing either a 4R70W SK-AODE or a 4R100. Which one do I have...?

 

Look at the trans code in the door jam and look it up in a thread on here that is about trans types.

Here is a link to a useful thread.

Tranny Info

 

From what I have read in this forum the 4R100 didn't come out until the 98 model year when it replaced the e4OD....

 

Yup, just check the link VWtrucker posted. It will either be the E4OD or 4R70w to help you out.

Hey mods, how bout a sticky for that link... nudge...

Adrianspeeder

 

You have the E4OD which is all but the same as the 4R100 (we changed the name that year along with the usual year to year updates).

And with all modesty, I think I make a much better kit than the TransGo.

Do a search for Factory Tech Valve Body or just FTVB, I don;t know of anyone who didn't like it.

G

 

^^^^
Don't be modest Greg.
Your FTVB is the best. Thanks

 

i'm interested in one for a 94 4r70w. i heard you cant just slap a seperator plate in. will it harm a tranny as early of model as that one? i will buy one if i can get one available.....

 

You're going to have to replace the whole valvebody in that thing the pre 96 valvebodies are crap and you need a set of pins to line up the new valvebody correctly.
Alan

 

or can i buy a kit and modify the valve body myself. like with a b and m shift kit. or if i get a new valve body is it hard to use these pins

 

OK, I got it. When I first saw the post by dirtydOg, I thought, hey, isn't that Alan the tranny specialist? Dang, he doesn't know the answer to that one? Now I see a post by dirtyd0g and he really is alan. Whew, I can't handle the stress

 

Confusing huh

 

Hey guys. I checked my door jam but still no luck on finding out what type of tranny I have. My door jam only tells me my GVR, wheel info, and my VIN. Where else can I find my tranny model?

 

Call a dealer and ask for the parts dept. Ask if they can look it up by the VIN #. They should be able tell you what it left the factory with. Several dealers in the Houston area will do this no problem, a few won't...

 

It is right in the middle at the bottom of the sticker under TRANS. Nothing to do with the vin. E4OD is E and 4R70w is U just like in my link.

Adrianspeeder

 

But the dealer can look up the vin in their computer system and tell you what it left the factory with.