Jrgunn5150
1/2 ton status
Hey guy's, I have an 87 Chevy K(V)10 with a fresh 350, Holley 670 truck Avenger, Edelbrock performer EPS, and a Monster Motorsports Mega Monster 700r4, and an NP208. I put the 350 in, and the tranny (transfer cases are heavy!!).
Now the first awesome problem was when all the toque converter bolts fell out! Ironically it did it just after I drove 40 miles to work, right when I went to go home.
So since a 40 mile tow is cost prohibitive, and putting a new drivetrain in had ate up my vacation days, I let one of my co-workers brother tow it around the corner to his shop. Two weeks and almost 1000 dollars later, I had a new flywheel (that cost 50 bucks at summit)
. I emphasized to the guy that I was driving it almost 400 miles to Michigan for X-mas, "Oh you'll be fine, I fixed you up righteous". Lesson learned, dont trust a guy that say righteous, or who says "you can trust me".
I hopped in my little truck and headed home for the holidays, only to find out it was dumping oil from the sending unit, which brings me to my first question. The unit itslef is not leaking, it's a little brass sleeve in the block that it threads into, can I just stick a pipe plug in that? The new sending unit doesn't come with it, so I don't have a clue where to get it. Secondly I have to run the thing up to 40 miles and hour, then lift to get it to shift into second. It will shift into third normally, but wants to cycle 4-3 up and down, so I wound up driving it in third for 300 miles. I adjusted the t.v. cable, but it doesn't matter how loose or tight I set it, and I have a universal cable, thats how it shifts. My second tranny problem was when my cousin and I pulled into the gas station and he comment on my truck leaking, to which I replied, yeah it leaks oil. Wasn't oil, it was tranny fluid! So we got under it for some inspection and seen that all the transfer case bolts had fallen out! I went to the hardware to get more, but the threads were gone from the case for the adapter to bolt to. So, back into the shop it went up there, for four helicoils I was charged 800 bucks. Woo Hoo! I am going to pick it up on Tuesday, and have to drive it all the way back home, when I asked the mechanic about how it's shifting, he called back the next day and said, yeah it's shifting just like you said, but offered no solution.
I am at my wits end here, I paid 2000 for the truck only to put a new drivetrain in it, and now I'm gonna wreck this tranny to! Please help, and if anybody knows a good tranny shop in Cleveland, fill me in!
Now the first awesome problem was when all the toque converter bolts fell out! Ironically it did it just after I drove 40 miles to work, right when I went to go home.
So since a 40 mile tow is cost prohibitive, and putting a new drivetrain in had ate up my vacation days, I let one of my co-workers brother tow it around the corner to his shop. Two weeks and almost 1000 dollars later, I had a new flywheel (that cost 50 bucks at summit)
. I emphasized to the guy that I was driving it almost 400 miles to Michigan for X-mas, "Oh you'll be fine, I fixed you up righteous". Lesson learned, dont trust a guy that say righteous, or who says "you can trust me".I hopped in my little truck and headed home for the holidays, only to find out it was dumping oil from the sending unit, which brings me to my first question. The unit itslef is not leaking, it's a little brass sleeve in the block that it threads into, can I just stick a pipe plug in that? The new sending unit doesn't come with it, so I don't have a clue where to get it. Secondly I have to run the thing up to 40 miles and hour, then lift to get it to shift into second. It will shift into third normally, but wants to cycle 4-3 up and down, so I wound up driving it in third for 300 miles. I adjusted the t.v. cable, but it doesn't matter how loose or tight I set it, and I have a universal cable, thats how it shifts. My second tranny problem was when my cousin and I pulled into the gas station and he comment on my truck leaking, to which I replied, yeah it leaks oil. Wasn't oil, it was tranny fluid! So we got under it for some inspection and seen that all the transfer case bolts had fallen out! I went to the hardware to get more, but the threads were gone from the case for the adapter to bolt to. So, back into the shop it went up there, for four helicoils I was charged 800 bucks. Woo Hoo! I am going to pick it up on Tuesday, and have to drive it all the way back home, when I asked the mechanic about how it's shifting, he called back the next day and said, yeah it's shifting just like you said, but offered no solution.
I am at my wits end here, I paid 2000 for the truck only to put a new drivetrain in it, and now I'm gonna wreck this tranny to! Please help, and if anybody knows a good tranny shop in Cleveland, fill me in!
