68RFE Solenoid Kit 2009, remanufactured and ready to install. Fits the 68RFE. Ships fast from the USA.
This listing is for 2009 Ram 2500 and 3500 owners with the 6.7L Cummins and 68RFE who have a healthy solenoid pack but a worn hydraulic casting. Typical signs are a firm bang into gear, a converter that will not lock or shudders while towing, slipping on the upshifts, or a pressure switch code that returns after the pack has already been replaced. It is a 68RFE valve body with updated internals. It does not include the solenoid block. The store title calls it a solenoid kit, but you get the casting and its valves, and you move your own pack over from the old unit.
Per its build sheet, this unit has a heavy-duty separator plate with gaskets, a heavy-duty accumulator support plate, an updated solenoid switch valve and updated solenoid switch valve plugs. Those are the right places to focus on a 68RFE. In the 2007-2018 design, the low/reverse solenoid does double duty. The solenoid switch valve sends that solenoid's oil to the low/reverse clutch in first gear and to the converter clutch once the truck is moving. When that valve or its plugs leak, apply pressure bleeds off, and lockup or first gear suffers. The separator plate and gaskets seal every circuit between the casting and the pack, so a stronger plate and fresh gaskets close the cross-leaks that a tired body develops after years of heat.
The solenoid block is the easy part to blame, but a pack that tests good on the bench cannot fix a leaking bore. Gears Magazine documents P0740 setting when the converter clutch cannot pull engine speed close to input speed. That can happen with a good solenoid if the switch valve circuit leaks. Compare commanded and actual line pressure on a scan tool. Sonnax uses a 25 psi gap as the threshold for its line pressure fault codes. Our 68RFE valve body testing guide walks through those checks. If you towed hard with the shudder, read the Ram 3500 Cummins shift problems guide to see whether clutch damage has already started.
The listing is titled for the 2009 68RFE, which means the Ram heavy-duty pickups and cab-chassis trucks with the 6.7L Cummins. 2009 sits in the white-connector era: Transmission Digest notes that the overdrive solenoid was eliminated and the pack went to a gray connector around 2010, along with running valve body changes. Because you are moving your own pack to this body, check that your pack is the white-connector style with the overdrive solenoid. Also compare the separator plate and check ball positions on your old body against this unit before you tear down. If your truck was built near the changeover or has had its valve body swapped, send us the year and VIN first. Other years are in the 68RFE collection.
Drop the pan, remove the filter, unplug the pass-through connector and disconnect the manual lever, then lower the old valve body. On the bench, move the solenoid pack to the new casting with a new pack gasket and torque its bolts evenly to 53 in-lb. Overtightening warps the pack and causes the leaks you are trying to fix. If your pack has a cracked connector or a failing coil, replace it now with the 68RFE solenoid block pack with filter and gasket kit. On a 4WD truck, the Doc's Diesel filter and pan gasket kit supplies the filter and gasket. Refill with ATF+4, set the level hot, then clear codes and run the quick learn so shift timing matches the new hydraulics. Trucks that tow should also check cooler flow. The ZeroStat cooler bypass kit keeps oil moving through the cooler instead of past it.
| Fits | 68RFE 2009 |
| Part type | Solenoid Kit |
| Condition | Remanufactured |
| Brand | OEM |
| Ships | From the USA |
| Warranty | 1-year |
Doing this repair right usually means replacing these at the same time. Same transmission, ships together.
No. The solenoid block is not included. You transfer your existing pack to this valve body, or buy a separate pack if yours is damaged.
It has a heavy-duty separator plate with gaskets, a heavy-duty accumulator support plate, and an updated solenoid switch valve with updated plugs. Those parts target the leaks that cause converter clutch and low/reverse problems.
A 2009 68RFE uses the white-connector pack with the overdrive solenoid. The gray pack belongs to the later design. If you have a gray pack, send us your VIN before ordering so we can match the correct body.
It can if the shudder comes from oil leaking in the solenoid switch valve circuit, which reduces converter clutch apply pressure. If the converter clutch lining is already burnt, the converter also needs attention.
Refill with ATF+4, check the level at operating temperature, clear codes, and run the quick learn with a scan tool so the computer relearns clutch fill.
