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Left town after work for my wife and i four day anniversary/fishing trip, got to the place were staying and had to back up a hill into the driveway. It would barely move, tried for a few seconds and it just got worse. Now I'm at the end of the road in someone's deadend drive (nosed in with boat on back)
I think linkage and fluids are fine. When you put it in reverse it just barely feels like its trying
Gona let her cool and see if that helps?
Kinda bunk - any thought?
Mike
Left town after work for my wife and i four day anniversary/fishing trip, got to the place were staying and had to back up a hill into the driveway. It would barely move, tried for a few seconds and it just got worse. Now I'm at the end of the road in someone's deadend drive (nosed in with boat on back)
I think linkage and fluids are fine. When you put it in reverse it just barely feels like its trying
Gona let her cool and see if that helps?
Kinda bunk - any thought?
Mike
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Wheeled through some property's early this morning - so at least I'm not penned in
Go's forward fine and on level ground at idle it moves just a touch in reverse
Is it worth dropping the pan to see if there is anything I can do?
Changed the fluid a couple months ago - would the filter falling off thing cause my problem?
Go's forward fine and on level ground at idle it moves just a touch in reverse
Is it worth dropping the pan to see if there is anything I can do?
Changed the fluid a couple months ago - would the filter falling off thing cause my problem?
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Just picked her up. $3000
First run was through town 20min ride. Mild acceleration it go's thru all the gears below 2000rpm's and likes to get down to 1000 and just hold there up to 40mph don't seem like its lugging at all
Hard accel (not full throttle) I think it was shifting around 3500 and shifts were smooth as silk, unlike before it could get kinda hard. Idles in gear 7 to 800, unlike before I think it was 1000 to 1100. Another thing you can actually manually down shift and really feel it when you do, unlike before. Btw I do have 35's on it
Just wanted to see what y'all thought about operation of it ?
One other thing - I put on banks headers and exhaust system on a few months back. Don't know how familiar people are with them, but the y-pipe is awful close to the trany pan and you can tell that side is hotter. Think there is cause for concern ? Maybe I should fab up a shield ?
Mike
First run was through town 20min ride. Mild acceleration it go's thru all the gears below 2000rpm's and likes to get down to 1000 and just hold there up to 40mph don't seem like its lugging at all
Hard accel (not full throttle) I think it was shifting around 3500 and shifts were smooth as silk, unlike before it could get kinda hard. Idles in gear 7 to 800, unlike before I think it was 1000 to 1100. Another thing you can actually manually down shift and really feel it when you do, unlike before. Btw I do have 35's on it
Just wanted to see what y'all thought about operation of it ?
One other thing - I put on banks headers and exhaust system on a few months back. Don't know how familiar people are with them, but the y-pipe is awful close to the trany pan and you can tell that side is hotter. Think there is cause for concern ? Maybe I should fab up a shield ?
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Yeah I'd fab up a heat shield for the trans pan. What's your trans oil temp running?
As for operation... my 96 351, auto trans, 3.55 gears, running 31's will do full throttle shifts around 4300 RPM, but this is the factory tach I'm looking at so it probably ain't the most accurate when the speed of the engine is changing fast during gear changes.
As for operation... my 96 351, auto trans, 3.55 gears, running 31's will do full throttle shifts around 4300 RPM, but this is the factory tach I'm looking at so it probably ain't the most accurate when the speed of the engine is changing fast during gear changes.
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What would be the best material for a heat shield? Was thinking aluminum?
Not much space between y-pipe and trans, hope that banks stuff didn't provoke my trans failure
Don't have a trans temp gauge just factory stuff
Not much space between y-pipe and trans, hope that banks stuff didn't provoke my trans failure
Don't have a trans temp gauge just factory stuff
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I would definitely use aluminum to make the shield out of. Another option might be to get some exhaust wrap for that section of piping, or stick some thermal tape on the heat shield and trans pan...or maybe do all three?
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