It was in the combustion chamber and yes it did bend the rod but the head was fine. Got lucky

 

Did you click the big or little image? It should be the little one. Pm me if u still can't see it and I'll send it to you.

 

Looks great Snook, congrats on the maiden drive, that is a great feeling!

Wally

 

Thank you. Now if i can just get this transmission issue sorted I'll be fine! I guess the pump on the transmission is bad.

 

Why do you think the pump is bad. Because the torque converter was wrong before?
The aod is a finicky transmission. What kickdown rod or cable are you using. What pressure at idle are you getting at the test port.
If you don't have the "kickdown" adjusted right, it won't shift and it won't engage correctly.
Remember, it's not a kickdown, it's an adjustable pressure regulator.

 

My builder said it has 6 lbs of pressure, so I assume its at idle. The transmission shop has it now. They give me the vibe that they didnt rebuild it or that they did a poor vibe. Their customer service is not the greatest and apparently its going to take another week to look at it. If it was me I'd be done already to get it off my lift.

The builder is familiar with the AOD and he informed me of the kickdown before I brought it to his attention. At this point I'm confident its an issue with the transmission which is under warranty.

 

Ok cool. Just checking.

 

 

It's all in one piece!! Looks good. What happened to those sick azz wheels you had a while ago?

 

Sorry If I missed it... But what where the rims that you had on it before these, what brand? I'm interested in getting a set of those for my truck.

 

How's the transmission?
Hopefully you got it straightened out.

 

Those other wheels were just not working out as far as fitting under the bed. I got these online from an ebay retailer but they are Boss wheels and fit great!

Thanks for noticing. I'm trying to get back into playing with it I had to take a break for a while. $$$ family ... ect.

Here is me driving it now.

 

I'm goin to drive it as is because I spent too much to do anything else but one day I will change it up again. If i break it I'll have the company that built the bell housing build me a bad A$$ trans that can handle 800 HP daily they I'll do the motor i always wanted.

 

The aod is a good trans.... When it's not in OD. Always remember to manually shift out of OD before hammering the gas. Once locked out of OD, you can drive it hard. No matter what shift kit, or rebuild, it has a tendency to lag coming out of od by itself, then fully engaging 2nd gear, and snapping the small od input shaft off. Please trust me on this, I've blown up more than my share of these. All of them blew up because of overdrive and downshifting by itself. Never once upshifting.

 

Looking really good. Sounds mean. Like the new rims.