Whats wrong with my tranny?
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Whats wrong with my tranny? Today I was driving normal and then I slowed down to 10 mph and down shifted to first and floored it. All of the sudden it redlined so I shifted to second And it wasent going any where. I pulled over checked the fluid and it was fine, so then I put it in D and it bearly move at high rpm. I tried all the other gears and the same out come. I have a 3800 stall with a cam.
Can anyone please help. Thanks.
Can anyone please help. Thanks.
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broken sunshell perhaps????
when mine broke it broke on a 1-2 shift....after that i had a little limping ability in 1st but it wouldnt shift and it was barely moving ...no reverse either...does this sound like what your talking about????
when mine broke it broke on a 1-2 shift....after that i had a little limping ability in 1st but it wouldnt shift and it was barely moving ...no reverse either...does this sound like what your talking about????
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Originally Posted by DeepBlueZ
broken sunshell perhaps????
when mine broke it broke on a 1-2 shift....after that i had a little limping ability in 1st but it wouldnt shift and it was barely moving ...no reverse either...does this sound like what your talking about????
when mine broke it broke on a 1-2 shift....after that i had a little limping ability in 1st but it wouldnt shift and it was barely moving ...no reverse either...does this sound like what your talking about????
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yea but if u lose second your not gonna get third anyway....
when i broke mine i had 1st...(kind of) and i couldnt get up fast enough for 3rd so i dont know whether it was there....also reverse was gone...
when i broke mine i had 1st...(kind of) and i couldnt get up fast enough for 3rd so i dont know whether it was there....also reverse was gone...
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It turned out to be the torque converter ( tci competition 3800 ). I put the stock one back in and know it runs fine. I only had the converter on for about 3 weeks. I guess I will be sending it back for replacement.
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If you lose 2nd, you will still have 3rd gear. TCI's are one torque converter that I will not warranty of of my 700R4/4L60E's behind. I have seen too many problems with them over the years. With TH350-400's, they have ok.
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