firechicken2k

Hey,

Your message box is full.. wanted to ask you in PM but I guess I'll have to post here

I bought a torque converter a while ago (in May) from you
It's been working fine, until today

Seems like I have lockup issues. It doesn't want to lock up, ever =(

I know it's not supposed to lock until the tranny reaches a certain temp, but my tranny got all the way too 200 degrees already, and the TC still didn't lock up.. kinda sucks, cause it causes my tranny to overheat

I wasn't hard on the car at all (I don't think), during the time I've had the TC.. didn't go to the track, or anything. Occasionally, I punched the car to quickly merge on the highway, or whatnot.. but nothing out of the ordinary
Nothing to cause the lockup clutch to burn out, I'd expect

Do you've any ideas / suggestions?

If not, what's the procedure on getting this thing fixed under warranty ?

Thanks,

Val

PS. If anyone at the forums wants to chime in, feel free!

jimmyblue

iTrader: (11)

I don't believe the story about not locking under temp.
If you have tranny slip codes set then the converter
will not lock. High stall speed converters leave the
TCC with a lot of work to do, and at light line the
slip may be over the fault limit. I know I've had to
play all kind of games with my TCI to get it to lock
reliably (relatively speaking, still nothing like the
stocker, my upgrade Fuddle is meant to fix that).

Do you have any means of checking for slip codes?

firechicken2k

I can read OBDII codes with my OBDII reader

I am not throwing any.

And again, I've had the converter since May.. it locked up fine, until today.
I also had a full dyno tune (includes tranny tuning) when I had the converter installed..

GT Griller

iTrader: (8)

I didnt think that temp had anything to do with lock up? I thought as long as u hit lock up speed it should work.

jxaxsxoxn

iTrader: (2)

Why does it have to be the converter?
It could be the lock up solenoid. I'd much rather take the pan down and change the solenoid than take a converter out, send it back only to find theres nothing wrong with it.
No lock up and no trouble codes is a bit unusual, were any disabled when the converter was installed?
Did you do the work yourself? (meaning do you know what was done or were you told what was done)
You need to find a tool that can manually power the tcc solenoid. I've done it with hp tuners, not sure what other scanners, etc can do it.

firechicken2k

Cool, we can check out the solenoid then
Yep, quite a few codes were deleted when the tranny tuning was done. Now that I think about it, slip codes were deleted
No, I didn't do the work myself. it was professionally installed

1jfuddle

iTrader: (7)

Sorry about the inbox being full. It was a hectic weekend. With the converter not locking AT ALL, I hesitate to think the problem is with the converter itself. Of course, if it is, we will take care of you. I just hate for you to pull it if it isn't broken. I agree with much of what has been said. The converter is commanded to lock, and it simply changes the direction of fluid input to lock. I suspect it isn't getting a signal to the solenoid or that the solenoid isn't functioning properly. My inbox is emptied, so feel free to shoot me a PM, e-mail, or give me a call if I can help. That is what I am here for.

Thanks,
John

firechicken2k

I *really* doubt its the converter
I am just looking for any suggestions on what could possibly cause this
I'll drive the car to TTP when they have a free minute and have them take a look at it..

But what *could* it be, I am just curious?
Solenoid?
Today, also, I noticed a vibration developing coming from the tranny area
The vibration wasn't there yesterday..

So.. it stops locking up, now a slight vibration.. wonder whats next

Hm

If my flexplate broke for instance, could it account for all of this? Again, just looking for ideas, trying to figure out how much of a bill this will turn into

DocT

Well...what ever happened??? Was it the converter, or was it the solenoid???

Red2000SS

Any Update???