700r4

[jrdtckr]

question, has anyone tryed this out??

"B&M 70239 - B&M Shift Improver Kit"

im having trouble with highway driving. i pretty much dont have any balls on the highway, going up a grade i have to floor it. on a flat surface, once i hit about 50 to 55 thats as fast as it wants to go for cruising and it starts kinda shaking but i can floor it and the kick down kicks in and i can get up to 85 no prob. any ideas?

 

[K85 Octane]

It's not the 700's fault, what you describe.

What year is the truck?

 

[jrdtckr]

the truck is a 87 with tbi. it does great on city streets. it just doesnt like high speeds

 

[dyeager535]

Sounds to me almost like your TCC isn't unlocking properly. Have you tested it?

Cruising on flat ground at freeway speeds, keep throttle constant and barely apply the brake. Engine RPM should go up a few hundred RPM, might even feel like it shifted.

 

[jrdtckr]

I don't remember it doing that at all, I'm out in Germany right now so I'm not able to test it right away. But a few years back I had the tranny rebuilt and I remember now that they had a issue with that and supposedly fixed it. But they can't even get a damn trans pan to stop leaking so that shows u what I am dealing with there. Ha. So bad torque converter your thinking?
Thanks for helping by the way.

 

[dyeager535]

Not thinking torque converter, thinking the torque converter clutch circuit. But I'm no pro, I would just verify its working right.

 

[herkdriver007]

OT... Noticed you're at Rammy... How long ya been there?? I hope you are living off base and taking FULL advantage of living on the economy and within the culture that zee Germans have to offer.... I sooo miss it there!!!

 

[jrdtckr]

OT... Noticed you're at Rammy... How long ya been there?? I hope you are living off base and taking FULL advantage of living on the economy and within the culture that zee Germans have to offer.... I sooo miss it there!!!

hey, yea, ive been here for almost 3 years now, im actually getting ready to pcs again so we'll see how that goes, ha. but yea im off base far away from base which is nice and bad at the same time ha. but yea i like it out here plus its makes it easy to travel all around out here

 

[jrdtckr]

Not thinking torque converter, thinking the torque converter clutch circuit. But I'm no pro, I would just verify its working right.

ahh ok, i looked that up and thats all inner trans stuff and im not trans savvy at all ha. but it sounds like we might be on the right track though. unless someone else has any ideas?? ill def check it out, it just sucks i got to wait till i go home again to check it out.
thanks for the help though, i appreciate it.