installed FTVB now have huge problem
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installed FTVB now have huge problem
a received my FTVB friday so saturday i installed it along with a tranny flush and magnifine filter. im happy with it excepth the 2 to 3 shift, its almost neck breaking! the 1 to 2 and 3 to OD shifts are beautiful, fast and firm with no ill effects. Now the 2 to 3 shift is just horrible under all driving conditions. no matter how easy slow or fast i try to drive its bangs everytime, im actually afraid to drive it because i think its gonna break a u-joint or my ring and pinion. So i called FT yesterday and spoke to a installer i suppose and was told to put the truck back to stock and drive it to see how it shifts. well i did that drove it yesterday and today to work same shifting. So i have to call back today ask for greg the owner and tell him whats happening and see if its set up right. if not i was told greg could make me a custom one to "fix" the problem. So did anyone else experience this after installing their factory tech valve body or did i just get a bad one?
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well i called back and got to speak to gregg this afternoon. i explained what was happening and he said its most likely a sticking valve and that he would build me a brand new one and hopefully get it to me by friday. Only thing is he was kind of cought off guard when i told him that i have a 5.4 F-350 as he said oh really?? i dont know maybe its odd for a owner like me to buy a valve body to put in a 5.4 powerd super duty but hopefully this new one will solve my problem. since i just spent 100 bucks on fluid to flush my tranny can i get the old jugs and a funnel and drain the fluid from the pan into the jugs? it should be clean because the jugs are clean right?
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Your chip may be affecting the firmness of your shifts. With 4.30's you can probably get quite the 2nd gear scratch out of that thing, No?
I've had a FTVB for several years. I love it. It took me awhile to get used to the neck snap every time it shifted. I have 3.73 gears in a CC which may, or may not, make any difference, but the shifting has become smoother as it ages.
I've had a FTVB for several years. I love it. It took me awhile to get used to the neck snap every time it shifted. I have 3.73 gears in a CC which may, or may not, make any difference, but the shifting has become smoother as it ages.
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i uninstalled my chip yesterday and it still shifts extremely hard on my 2 to 3 shift. my 1 to 2 is great, thats why gregg thinks its a sticky spring he says sometimes this happens so hes making me a brand new one
