Transmission trouble

[cooperino]

Originally Posted by J-Mech

It does suck Sam!

Yeah Todd, reman pump no good. This company has issues with the machine tolerances of this pump. When I was putting it together, I thought it was too tight, but put it in anyway. Should have trusted my gut. Every time I don't listen to my gut, it bites me in the ass!

Yeah Steve, some $$ for my time would be nice, but I'm not holding my breath. If it was a paying job, they would likely reimburse the labor.... we'll see.

Tim, I know the feeling bud. I still hate painting. That's why I'm not a body guy. Not that I can't, I just never enjoyed it. I'm confident you'll get it.

Coop.... yes, I'm sure I didn't get too ruff on the T/C. Not my first rebuild. As I mentioned before, this isn't the first pump from WIT that has done this.... and I suspected it wasn't right from the beginning.

Just curious, Did the pump gear have a chamfer where TQ goes in? I remember not being able to get one to seat or go in smoothly once. AN old timer came along.. looked in and said hey dummy! theres no chamfer, where did yo buy this crap from LOL.. Told him a local guy I got it from. He said go get your money back boy!

[J-Mech]

Yes it did. But even with the camfer it's still a b!tch to get it to line up.

[cooperino]

Originally Posted by J-Mech

Yes it did. But even with the camfer it's still a b!tch to get it to line up.

Yeah.. I remember that part well.. Shake, tilt, turn, push... Wash and repeat. OVER AND OVER AGAIN sometimes lol. Hope ya get the guy to give ya some new parts that don't drive ya nuts

[ol'George]

Well that is not the outcome I wanted to hear,
Sorry Jon!
I've been bitten a few times knowing full well something didn't seem right,but doubted my judgement only to find out I should of listened to my gut.
Only good thing is you will never make that mistake again.
It's the full moon guys

[DieselDoctor]

That sucks for sure Jon. Been there done that. Put a cam in a 671 DD one time and thought the thrust washers were a little tight on the cam gear, but stuck it together anyway thinking it would wear in. WRONG! It seized and broke a few teeth on the cam gear and a couple off the idler. Luckily I hadn't pulled out of the lot yet on the road test. I was just coming around the back gate and WHAMO !
When yer gut tells ya sompin, listen!

[bllwnkl]

That really stinks, Jonathan. I sure hope they bend over backwards to help you. Look at all the labor it caused you. Good to know that it wasn't your mistake though.

[Rescue11]

Glad you finally got to it!!

[J-Mech]

George/Stan, it wasn't the outcome I was hoping for either. I was hoping that I just made a minor mistake, and it would be an easy fix..... again, my gut grumbled at my brain for thinking that. "You know what it is." it said. "It's that pump that I told you was too tight. Converter is probably galded in the support bushing too!" And it was. Took a slide hammer to get the converter off. I'm going to pull the input shaft out and check it out real good too. Make sure it didn't damage it getting the converter off. You guys both know this stuff happens. We've all BTDT. I've made my fair share of mistakes, and although this really isn't my fault, I have to share some of the blame because I thought the pump was too tight. I said it before already, and I'll say it again..... every time my gut tells me something and my brain says "Nah, it'll be fine." I end up in this position. I agree Stan... when my gut tells me something, I need to listen better! Never was a good listener.

Thanks Randy! Speaking of labor.... I'm not going to lie. I don't do this type of work often anymore, and I was still sore from putting the T-case in on Monday. I actually had a friends of mine's son come work with me today to give me a hand. I didn't want to pull that t-case and big old trans by myself on the floor today. He was good help too! Took 2 hours to get it out and tore down, so I'm not too slow yet. Probably took 20 min at least to get the converter off the pump!

Trent, you have missed out! I already rebuilt it, this all happened after I tried to run the trans for the first time. Broke the pump, honestly, when I started it. So, out it came again. Good news is, the t-case I rebuilt seems fine.... so far.

Just so you guys know, (who haven't rebuilt an automatic) and I'm not bragging... (more like complaining) rebuilding a trans usually isn't too expensive. Most of the time $600 to $800 is a lot of parts to put in. Custom builds you can get stupid money in parts. I went mid line. Truck only has a 350CI, (bone stock, maybe...MAYBE 280/300 hp). I built the trans to hold about 600 HP and about 500 ftlbs torque. Even if I build a better engine I should be fine. To make it hold that I would have had to use a different converter, but the internals are there. Between the trans and the t-case, I've got real close $2K in it. At this point, I just want to drive my truck.

[green 4 acres]

Or very likely it sucked crap you didnt get out of the trans
Another reason to only rebuild AT's at a factory setting ,not your bench a 91? Junk it , your so incompetent ...and boring

[Terry C]

This ought to be good.