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Old Jan 2, 2007 | 09:14 PM
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I just got a yank ss3600 used from a guy, and he said it had about 2000 miles on it. Well i want to get a new tranny, and cooler, and all the goodies at the same time, but i don't want to get all that new stuff, and have the converter ruin the new tranny, so do i put the converter in with the stock tranny, and buy a cooler , and a deep pan, and see if the stocker holds up for the summerand wait till next year to get the built tranny. Plus budget is tight but i am willing spend the money to do it right though just means i won't have what i want for awhile . Really i don't want to have to send the converter and have it cut open, and freshened up as that was not in the budeget. I just don't know what to do at all
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Old Jan 2, 2007 | 09:21 PM
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Well if the trans it was from did not fail and the fluid looks good and the previous owner says he has no problems I would just install it .The real risk in that case is if your stock trans has issues and trashes the converter 2000 miles and working good would be considered tried a true in my book for the converter
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Old Jan 2, 2007 | 09:26 PM
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Can i screw up the converter if my stock tranny takes a crap with the ss3600 in it., and in that case would the converter have to be gone through by yank to fix, am i correct.
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Old Jan 2, 2007 | 09:31 PM
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Thats correct , your trans could kill the converter if it dies thats the real risk particularly if your stock trans is a high milage unit or not working really well now
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Well it only has about 38000 on the tranny, and just the last summer i have been using nitrous, i have been spraying through shifts, yea i know not good, because i figured i would have money for a new tranny, but funds are tight right now, but the tranny seems to be fine its now slipping, but yet i haven't drove the car since october
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well i would just put it in since your probably going to want to have it checked or gone through anyway with a new trans ,
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So you are saying run in the stock tranny pray to god that it doesn't crap out, and after i run the the tc in my stocker, and when i get the new tranny i want to have the tc freshened up? Man that sucks, this sh** is getting expensive, its hard to build a car, and go to school at the same time, and have crappy *** job, oh well got to do what you got to do have to have some fun
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