I ran the car in OD without lockup for about 200miles and in 3rd for about 150 miles on a brand new rebuilt tranny.... did i burn up my tranny? the 2-3 clutches? the 3-4 clutches? im so paranoid right now lol

 

you should be fine. you have a good cooler in te car etc.
for piece of mind you can change your filter and fluid if that makes you feel better

 

I agree with Brad.Change the fluid and look at it.If you see alot of clutch material =bad. Still clean=good.

 

What color is the tranny fluid? What does it smell like, is it burnt? I used to run a 4L60E in my 94 Z28 and took awhile to finally get it built right. Might not mean much but I was running a 2800 Art Carr non lock up converter in mine cutting consistent 1.6 short times and never bothered once it was built right. 3.73's. I was using a 24,000 GVW B&M cooler along with a TCI 2.5 extra quart aluminum tranny pan.

 

running at highway speeds while not in lock up and below the converters stall speed creats excessibe heat. Check your fluid and replace it if in doubt of its condition.

 

i checked the fluid, its still nice and red... but i think im going to drop the pan and change it with some synthetic this week, b4 i get to the track.... i'll change the oil while im at it too... im pretty sure its fine tho.. the tranny fluid was nice and red

 

can't hurt.

 

Talk to whoever built it before you put in synthetic. I know synthetic will smoke a a trans. unless it was specificly built to run synthetic.

 

Don't use synthetic. Just get some good name brand Dextron 3 stuff. I used Castro.

 

i would not use synthetic either. just run good stuff.

 

No synthetic, and I wouldn't worry about driving like you did non-lockup for atleast that one time.

Why wasn't the converter locking up anyways, codes?

 

TCC brake switch stuck on Code 37... stupid lil switch on the pedal wasnt engaging because it wasnt screwed in enough... stupid F*cking thing.... yea im gonna u reg dex 3 same stuff thats already in it... that stupid switch better not of smoked the 2-3 clutches... the fluid smells a lil burnt but its still nice and red... im gonna change it tomorrow with the tranny flush machine

 

The first thing to let go is ussually the 2-3 shift.

 

u think they r burned up? or am i ok?

 

The 3-4 clutch pack is almost always the 1st to go, like slowhawk said you loose everything after 2nd.

I personally think you are ok. What cooler are you running, do you have a guage to monitor temps. If your temps stayed under/around 200 I wouldn't worry too much. Normally it's probably not a good thing to heat up a fresh build like that without a little bit of a break in.

Like I said I wouldn't worry at this point.

 

i have a cooler, im not sure which one i forget to be honest... but i have no temp guage... the fluid like i said was still nice and red but smelled a lil burnt but nothing crazy... when i flush it out tomorrow we will see for sure the condition of the fluid