Re: Tranny blue continues

[Brian Hartman <brianhartman@sprintmail.com>]

Richard Chan wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Hartman <brianhartman@sprintmail.com>
> To: Richard Chan <rchan@uniserve.com>; Syclone Mailing List <syty@syty.org>
> Date: October 1, 1998 2:18 PM
> Subject: Re: Tranny blue continues
>
> >
> >
> >Richard Chan wrote:
> >
> >> The took the tranny apart, well guess what broke???  E clip broke right
> in
> >> half that holds the Billet servo together, didn't real find where the
> other
> >> half went to. Bit of fine metal flakes in the pan. 2nd gear starts fried
> the
> >> Art Carr 2nd gear band and the drum is toast. The mechanical diode locked
> up
> >> solid.  The convertor will have to be cut open and cleaned out again.
> Found
> >> some of the rear planetary slines had small flakes of metal jamed into
> it.
> >> So far the big expensive aftermarket parts seem not to be holding up. Eg.
> >> Billet 2nd gear servo, mechanical diode, high volume pump.
> >
> >Call Raybestos and get a free be.  I doubt it was the cause. Even if you
> want to
> >step back into the crappy stock forward sprag, at least you'll have that
> >mechical diode to put in there.
>
> Do you have their number as the tranny shop go it for me.

Call Chris Hourback at Raybestos say you have the RMD 700 R4.  Their number is
765-364-4571.  He's a real nice guy. He'll take care of you.  Tell him you spoke
to me.

>
>
> I could call Fairbanks and get another servo.

Did it hose the servo?  I have several of their new servos at home.  If you need
them, I have them.

> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Now what should I rebuild it with the stock Corvette servo, 2nd gear
> Kevlar
> >> band, orginal 3rd gear sprag, new drum, new rear planetary.   I will have
> >> the convertor cut open and cleaned again and I will flush the tranny
> cooler
> >> and lines.
> >
> >I'd keep the billet servo in there and replace the blocked accum with a
> white
> >1-2 accum spring.  Lose the super pump.  Get a stocker and put a NoYoYo
> >unbreakable pump ring kit, a new stator shaft, the .521 boost valve and the
> >modified pressure regulator valve and stiff  2.18"  spring.
> >
> We took the superpump out and put the stock 10 vane pump in and the harden
> NoYoYo rings.

Good.

>  The superpump just had plain cast pump rings in there.

Yep Level 10 didn't inpress me at all.  I caught him blowing smoke.

> The
> new stator and input shaft is on its way here.

Good.

> I have the .521 boost valve
> but Fairbanks before told me to take it out because they thought the line
> pressure was too high with the Fairbanks billet servo and that maybe the
> reason I am breaking their E-clips.

Screw that, just put in the super stiff accum spring to let the system give a
little. It will still pound but it will give at the spring, not the E clip.

Brian

>
>
> I phone Fairbanks tech line and get Superior transmissions.  Paul said to
> use the .480 boost valve last time and still the E-clip still broke.
> >