1982 C/K 6.0L Caitlyn Mall Crawler (Interior time)

[K30Blazer]

I feel your pain. I haven't dealt with it to the extent you are but I f'd up my pump when I installed my torque converter. That in turn messed up my torque converter and as a result pump made no pressure and trans didn't work. I was on a high from having my trans and engine in and running just to have to deal with pulling the stupid thing again and trying to get the pump out for an entire morning. Then driving it to trans shop, wasting $100 on fluid and popping for a new TC and Pump. I was super pissed.

It will pass. Then you will be on to sorting out the little issues that will seem to plague you. For me, it has been a bad MAF, a short I can't trace, death wobble, fueling issues, three fuel pumps and knocking.

But still loving it.

Ha

 

[Teck]

So what is wrong with it?

 

[Babaganoosh]

Not sure yet, he is doing this on the side and got blasted with jobs today. Hopefully soon.

 

[JoshHefnerX]

Mind if I ask who your trans guy is?

 

[Babaganoosh]

He is a tech at a Chevy dealership. I work off the 303 and have been in the car business for a bit.

I guess he is bringing another broken trans in and is going to build me a good one.

 

[JoshHefnerX]

I guess he is bringing another broken trans in and is going to build me a good one.

Does that mean the one you had in there isn't worth building?

 

[Babaganoosh]

We're not sure, some of it might be usable but it's nice to have a back up.

 

[Babaganoosh]

Trans is apart, completely destroyed.... converter came apart and everything heated up and had metal ran through.

Yay me!!!

 

[max 02]

Trans is apart, completely destroyed.... converter came apart and everything heated up and had metal ran through.

Yay me!!!

Well done!

 

[JoshHefnerX]

Holy crap! Guess that'll do it. Too bad you spent all that time banging your head against the wall w/ electronics..

Was it a factory type converter or aftermarket?

 

[skunked]

Well done!

my feelings as well

 

[Chevy305]

Well if you're going to break it you might as well break it!

 

[Babaganoosh]

At this point it's funny. I don't even really care. It was a aftermarket converter...

I'll have a new trans hopefully this weekend. It's a used trans but the builder is tired of kicking it around.

 

[Team208Motorsports]

So it wasn't the tune..... Bwahahahahaha. JK.

Glad you found it.... everywhere.

 

[Babaganoosh]

Worst shotgun part in building history is ecm and blame the tuner. Sorry Josh, my mistake. So weird it came apart after a engine did so soon.

 

[ashman]

So it wasn't the tune..... Bwahahahahaha. JK.

Glad you found it.... everywhere.

Just out of curiosity, is it even possible to screw up an PCM tune enough to cause a transmission failure?

 

[Smokinthehippies]

Oh I'm sure there are ways

 

[Babaganoosh]

We originally thought ecm cause it needed reprogramming or the cam.

 

[Team208Motorsports]

Just out of curiosity, is it even possible to screw up an PCM tune enough to cause a transmission failure?

Not converter explosion.... There are ways to burn clutches and planets but mostly its heat related.

 

[JoshHefnerX]

I thought I'd read that the bolts can be too long - going through the flexplate into the torque converter - and if so they can dent the housing causing some internal damage. Might be something to look at.