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Old 04-13-2008, 02:38 PM
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olds48
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Okay....plan "B".Just pulled the pan off and it's fried.Fluid didn't look too bad on the dipstick,but in the pan was friction material and smelled horrible.So,I wonder what caused it? A little history on the tranny.It came out of a 1972 C20 and had 175,00 miles on it when I put it in my car.Drove it on the street with about 400 hp for a couple years and ran 7.90-8.10 on it for about 100 1/8 mile passes or less.Never gave any trouble.B&M shift kit and worked fine.Built the new motor (runs 6.90s)and went with a new valvebody,TCI full manual reverse,no brake.Decided it needed some new clutches so I put in a Red Eagle kit with the Kolene steels.1-2 shift was always a little lazy after that,but it never really seemed to be slipping.And shifter was adjusted correctly.("Hey,I got a good idea...let's flog it at the track to see what's wrong with the lazy shift....naaahhh...it won't hurt it" :roll: I am so dumb,sometimes).And it never made heat AT ALL.BUT,the valvebody came with a spring to up the line pressure,which I did install,but I never checked the line pressure to see if it was what it was supposed to be.I bet my original 1972,175,00+ mile pump was not making enough pressure and it let the clutches slip :?: Maybe :idea: I don't know.I'm not a tranny guru.I 've only got about 25 passes on those clutches :cry: Are they not good stuff,or is it something else???Opinions please.Might be going 'Glide after all.....ouch..$$$.....
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