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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 04:31 PM
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hows everyone doing? im doing pretty shi**y.

i have been putting this car together for almost a year now, since i was in college and doing it at the same time..its taking me quite sometime. But i am patient when it comes to expensive investments.

okay moving on, i have a mildly built 5.3L in an old camaro tuned and ready to go. I also have a built 700r4 with trans go stage 2 shift kit, and some other beefed up parts. i went with a Daaco torque converter around 2800-3200 stall. my problem now after driving for a mile or two is shudder, violent shudder. I can almost predict when its going to start, my rpms drop and it trys to stall the engine completely and its rough. I can turn the car off, and wait then start again.... go about a mile and it comes back. my TC solenoid was my first guess...so i removed my toggle switch for it...so that it cant engage at all. i dont want to believe that the tranny is gone, cuz its fairly new. but i cant seem to not think its the torque converter. all the symptoms of my TC slipping and clunking are here to stay.

Sorry for such a long and thorough post, just looking for a long and thorough answer. lol

some tips of what i know as far as right now:
-tcc is disengaged
-TV cable is adjusted right
-have not tested mainline pressure tough
-trans mount is secure
-drive shaft is fine
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 04:47 PM
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if its been setting for a long while its possible the TCC valve in the pump may be sticking
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what would or should be done first?
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I would remove the TCC solenoid and the remove clean and inspect the tcc valve above it then replace the TCC solenoid
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rear end going out???
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the rearend is the original from 1986.. 10 bolt 2.73:1

i had a fiend tell me to re-do my rearend with a lower gear and it will make a world of difference.. true? like 3.73 or 4.11
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daily bump, just want to know about rear end gear... in relation to my problem
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