kc8oye Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 got the monte done today.. took her out for a test drive.. and just my luck.. 2nd gear is _GONE_ there is basicly nothing there. 1st is a little slippy but nothing that I would consider 'terminal' at this point.. but when it makes the shift into 2nd, it feels like it goes back to nuetral, unless I rev the engine up and then suddenly grabs. I tightened up the TV cable arbitrairly just in case, but it didn't help. judging by all the chunks I found in the trans pan, I'm not too surprised so, I still can't drive it.. but at least the conversion to the 700r4 is mostly done. now I can get the trans shop to pull it & rebuild it for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7tonemonte Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Where did you get that tranny in the first place Tim? I thought it was redone already. Thats a shame, I hope its back on the road quick for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLASSIK1 Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 tranny came from me as a core to rebuild , it moved a truck down the road that was the only guarantee , the reccomendation from me was to rebuild prior to installation Leo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7tonemonte Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Im not blaming you by any means Leo, I didnt know where Tim got it from, thats all. Im sure it was a financial decision not to rebuild, but now its just more work, sorry to hear it Tim! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc8oye Posted September 24, 2007 Author Share Posted September 24, 2007 Well, like Leo said tony, It was a core. I'm not bothered. when I got the pan off and saw what looked like a handful of gritty kitty litter I figured it was toast. But I actully planned it out this way, tho I was hoping the trans worked well enough to finish getting the engine broke in.. oh well!! but now all the enginerring is done on the swap, and this way, I can let the trans shop handle the R&r and the can't say I did somthing wrong when I installed it! on an interesting side note, I don't know it's because it's 'new' or it's an SFI (thicker) flex plate, but engine is VERY much quieter while it's cranking! almost no noise at all from the starter itself turning the engine over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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