shift kit install question

[dick_landy]

Im installing a TRANSGO SysKoKal Kit and i cant seem to figure out how to take out the pressure valve to change the spring. i removed the snap ring but the rest of it wont come out. i tapped on it and it moves out a little but it seems to be stuck. with nothing to grab onto im clueless as how to remove it. any suggestions?

 

[dick_landy]

here is pics of what im having trouble with

there is the snap ring i removed, but the rest wont come out

this is what should come out

 

[Kjunky5]

You have to just keep pushing up and down on it to unstick it. I had luck using a magnet.

 

[dyeager535]

I don't know what that valve body looks like, are you doing this from under the truck?

If the valve body is out, typically I think you can get a flat blade screwdriver in through some of the passages to work the parts out. Maybe that won't work with what you have, not sure what you are dealing with.

 

[dick_landy]

well i kept on tapping on it for about 3 hours and it finally popped out.

 

[Kjunky5]

I don't know what that valve body looks like, are you doing this from under the truck?

If the valve body is out, typically I think you can get a flat blade screwdriver in through some of the passages to work the parts out. Maybe that won't work with what you have, not sure what you are dealing with.

It's not in the VB, it's in the pump here....

 

[Kjunky5]

well i kept on tapping on it for about 3 hours and it finally popped out.

Told ya it would pop out. Sucks it took 3 hours. I have spent that long trying to get the filter seal out though.

Did the rest of the shift kit install ok?

 

[dyeager535]

I suppose I shoulda known since you said pressure valve.

At least you got it out!

 

[dick_landy]

yeah everything seemed to go good. i still have to do the governor and servo. i found a brown check ball on the floor after i had it all together but the instructions never called for one in the diagram unless the trans was pre 87. mines a 90. it had been rebuilt before so who knows what they all did. i hope i dont have to tear it all apart to put it back as i have no idea where it goes.

 

[Kjunky5]

Did you take the Aux. Valvebody off? If you did, it has a check ball in it. I can show you if you need a pic.

 

[dick_landy]

i dont think i did. i only have changed springs and stuff. whatever came out, went back in. link to pic would be nice

 

[Kjunky5]

Hope this helps, I don't have a scanner, just a shakey hand.

 

[dick_landy]

cant view

 

[Kjunky5]

Oh right, I knew that. Sorry.

 

[dick_landy]

i musta messed something up because when i took it for a test run it wouldnt leave first gear, by the time i got around the block it would shift through all of the gears. at that point i figured it would take a little time for the fluid to make its way through? so then i tried to floor it and it wouldnt kick down. took it home and tried to adjust the tv cable. with the throttle all the way open i could push the thing all the way back. im wondering if i didnt hook up the tv cable mechanism up to the valve body correctly? when i do floor it it seems like the tranny is slipping or something.