# This Ram 3500 Chewed Through A Rebuilt Transmission In 3,000 Miles Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/autoblog-news-1708029/this-ram-3500-chewed-through-a-rebuilt-transmission-in-3-000-miles Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/autoblog-news-1708029/this-ram-3500-chewed-through-a-rebuilt-transmission-in-3-000-miles.md Podcast: [Autoblog News](https://stenobird.com/podcast/autoblog-news-1708029) Published: 2026-06-28T18:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.autoblog.com/news/this-ram-3500-chewed-through-a-rebuilt-transmission-in-3000-miles Audio file: https://www.autoblog.com/.image/NzowMDAwMDAwMDAxMTYzNzI4/ram-3500-cummins-transmission-teardown-01.png?profile=rss Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/autoblog-news-1708029/episodes/this-ram-3500-chewed-through-a-rebuilt-transmission-in-3-000-miles ## Resource Sure, no automatic transmission is immortal. Hauling heavy loads, skipping maintenance, and racking up the miles will eventually wear down even the toughest gearboxes. But what absolutely shouldn't happen is a transmission waving the white flag after just 3,000 miles. That's exactly what happened ... ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/autoblog-news-1708029/episodes/this-ram-3500-chewed-through-a-rebuilt-transmission-in-3-000-miles/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/autoblog-news-1708029/this-ram-3500-chewed-through-a-rebuilt-transmission-in-3-000-miles.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.