streetassasin

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I put around 250-300 miles on it and out of nowhere it just started puking all the fluid out of where the trans bolts to the motor. Its a xtreme performance street/strip trans and a circle d 4c converter, I'm running a b&m 24k cooler mounted dope style. I had it towed to the trans shop that installed it and they said it got too hot and melted a seal but I dont know how it would since I never ran it without a cooler. Here are some pics

streetassasin

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forgot to add: The trans shop said the snout on the circle d was thicker than stock, would that cause this?

forcd ind

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kind of hard to tell, was the snout kind of blue looking, like it got hot-it might have walked the bushing out of the pump-can you tell if it is still in there
was the converter hard to push in orig

streetassasin

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yea it turned blueish and had a ring around the inside where it looked like it might have burned through. They said it was kinda tight going in but nothing they havent seen before, but it was a bitch to get out. I dont know if the bushing is still there they are taking the pump off this morning

Circle-D

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Hmmm. Was the converter locking up? When you say the snout was thicker, did you mean the OD, or just wall thickness. And by snout do you mean the part than engages in the transmission?

Chris

streetassasin

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Ya the converter has been locking up great, I meant the wall thinkiness (I figured it was normal for an aftermarket converter) and yes where it engages in the trans

Circle-D

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I am not sure what happened. Send the converter back and I will cut it open to check it out. Sounds like something was overheating??

Chris

streetassasin

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All the parts are at the trans shop, they are trying to figure out if it was the trans or converter, pm me if you want the trans shop's number so you could talk to them more about it, Im a total newb when it comes to autos
edit: This is my DD and its killin me not having a car, its been at the trans shop since monday

Johnny@Xtreme_Trans

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I talked to the guy at the transmission shop and he said he will measure the hub of the stock converter vs the aftermarket one. He said that on install the converter went in kind of tight. Sorry this had to happen to you, but we will help you on resolving this problem.

streetassasin

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Thanks for all you are doing.

So far Xtreme Trans has the best customer service of any company I have ever delt with

9000th01ss

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Do you have a trans temp gauge?
I have A converter and the same cooler mounted to the condenser right in front of the pass side fan and the temps are set to turn on earlier to draw air through it.
It still gets too hot for my liking driving around not on the highway.

City type driving in 15 minutes is up to 200 at least.

FWIW I ran at the track with the stock converter 6 times from 12.9 down to 12.6 back to back, non stop and it built up to 210 by the last run. I can't wait to see what temp the new converter runs at.

Circle-D

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Sure, please PM the number.

The hub should measure 1.750. The hub is a piece I buy, not something I make 1 by 1.

Chris

streetassasin

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pm sent

Circle-D

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Right back at you!

Chris

9000th01ss

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I'll assume not.

streetassasin

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sorry no I dont, I talked to the trans shop and they said that the bushing walked out of the trans and into the seal.

Jonny, they should be calling you soon if they havent already

performabuilt

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Well I see you saw it I noticed the bushing in the pick and was reading down through all of this and then saw the answer, So damn after all that reading I felt a need to say something useless.
But Seriously it happens and looks like just bad luck.

99Hawk262

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Sorry to hear about your luck, it happens man....could have been worse though. When I fried my last tranny, the car was down for about a month . Hopefully it's not too bad internally. On the bright side, it looks like Xtreme trans and Circle D are taking good care of you. We're very fortunate to have the wonderful sponsors we have!!

streetassasin

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any idea what would cause it?

performabuilt

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Well one common thing that comes to mind its a warped flex plate it will wobble the converter and work the bushing forward slowly