bent pushrod or dropped valve????
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bent pushrod or dropped valve???? well.....yesterday night i went from 3rd to second going about 95mph at the track not on purpose but because my stoopid tranny 
had been acting up....now my car is spudering and the service engine soon light is blinking constantly and well the car feels like ****.....i hope its nothing major,so any feed back welcome 
had been acting up....now my car is spudering and the service engine soon light is blinking constantly and well the car feels like ****.....i hope its nothing major,so any feed back welcome I would take it all apart and have a look, dropping to 2nd at 95 is very bad. The blinking SES means misfiring. Take off the valve covers and check it out.
How the hell did you downshift like that anyway??
How the hell did you downshift like that anyway??
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i didnt downshift....i was trying my hardest to go striaght into 4th but like i said my stoopid tranny has been acting up
so........i want to cry........its my daily driver
so........i want to cry........its my daily driver
It'll be fine. I've done it more than enough times. My trans is old and tired as well. You most likely bent a pushrod. Mine ran like crap, sputtered, SES light on etc. for a few miles then started running fine again once or twice when i did it.
Yank the valvecovers and rockers and check the pushrods. This happens all the time, so don't worry. Replace the bent pushrods with new STOCK ones. Hardened pushrods and stock valvesprings spells death if this ever happens again.
When you shift into 4th, turn your hand over to where your palm is facing the passenger door and your thumb is pointing at the shift boot. This will help you keep it out of 2nd gear. I started doing this and i never did it again. You have to be conscious about doing it before you run though or you will forget. Now-a-days i just pull on it at a 20* angle toward 6th though, with my hand right on top of it like normal, works fine for me!
See the vids of me at the track for a demo.
Yank the valvecovers and rockers and check the pushrods. This happens all the time, so don't worry. Replace the bent pushrods with new STOCK ones. Hardened pushrods and stock valvesprings spells death if this ever happens again.
When you shift into 4th, turn your hand over to where your palm is facing the passenger door and your thumb is pointing at the shift boot. This will help you keep it out of 2nd gear. I started doing this and i never did it again. You have to be conscious about doing it before you run though or you will forget. Now-a-days i just pull on it at a 20* angle toward 6th though, with my hand right on top of it like normal, works fine for me!
See the vids of me at the track for a demo.
pull the pushrods out and find out. Have the code scanned and find out what it is. Also have the code erased. It will come back if the problem is still present. It takes about 15 min to pull the pushrods.
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The misfire codes were coming from #5 . We checked the pushrods and one is strait as can be. The other is slightly off, but not enough to just look at it and say it's bent. Pulled the spark plug and 
Not bent or melted, but pitch black. the other spark plugs looked fine. What do you guys think? Bent valve or lifter gave out? We are going to put new pushrods and a new spark plug in tommorrow and see what happens.
Not bent or melted, but pitch black. the other spark plugs looked fine. What do you guys think? Bent valve or lifter gave out? We are going to put new pushrods and a new spark plug in tommorrow and see what happens. Thread Starter
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STOOPID TRANNY.....i do have a b&m ripper shifter....and i never freaking miss a gear...and i do not have cats..lmfao.....so today we are gonna pull all the rockers off and inspect all of the pushrods to be on the safe side...and then go from there...i hope it is neither a lifter or a valve but if worse comes to worse.....i will install my cam, springs, retainers and locks and new 7.4 chromemoly pushrods while im at it...oh and the ls6 intake.....but i miss my freaking car already....i left it at my grandmothers house lastnight...and it was our first night apart in a long time...im having withdrawls....lemme call my granny and she how my car is doing
Originally Posted by steveo346
STOOPID TRANNY.....i do have a b&m ripper shifter....and i never freaking miss a gear...and i do not have cats...but i miss my freaking car already....i left it at my grandmothers house lastnight...and it was our first night apart in a long time...im having withdrawls....lemme call my granny and she how my car is doing
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ok today im gonna compression test the cylinder that the tech 2 told me the issue was on...when i took the pushrods out....they were all fine....so....its prolly a bent valve or lifter