Hello Everyone,
So I have a shortened 88 Suburban driveline on a 57' Dodge Powerwagon body. The engine is a 400 small block with an Edelbrock 1406 carb. I bought a TV Made Easy kit from Bowtie Overdrives with all the TV brackets and cable.
I fired it up and it ran/drove sweet! I just set the TV cable position to be fully extended at WOT. It shifted great and the tranny felt strong. Well... About 15 miles later 3rd and 4th gear were toast and the new fluid was mud brown! I yanked it out and brought it to a local rebuilder and had it completely overhauled along with a new torque converter.
This time I decided to set-up the TV cable properly to ensure I didn't burn up another transmission. I have a pressure gauge on the high pressure port and at idle I'm getting 205psi of pressure, when I extend the cable it actually drops to around 180psi. From my research it seems that the TV valve is either stuck or the TV plunger is stuck. I really don't want to drop the valve body as I don't have any transmission experience.
So here is my question. Is the truck safe to drive in this condition 10-15 miles to the tranny shop? Also, are there any other tricks or things I could try to free things up?
Thanks for reading!
Ben
So I have a shortened 88 Suburban driveline on a 57' Dodge Powerwagon body. The engine is a 400 small block with an Edelbrock 1406 carb. I bought a TV Made Easy kit from Bowtie Overdrives with all the TV brackets and cable.
I fired it up and it ran/drove sweet! I just set the TV cable position to be fully extended at WOT. It shifted great and the tranny felt strong. Well... About 15 miles later 3rd and 4th gear were toast and the new fluid was mud brown! I yanked it out and brought it to a local rebuilder and had it completely overhauled along with a new torque converter.
This time I decided to set-up the TV cable properly to ensure I didn't burn up another transmission. I have a pressure gauge on the high pressure port and at idle I'm getting 205psi of pressure, when I extend the cable it actually drops to around 180psi. From my research it seems that the TV valve is either stuck or the TV plunger is stuck. I really don't want to drop the valve body as I don't have any transmission experience.
So here is my question. Is the truck safe to drive in this condition 10-15 miles to the tranny shop? Also, are there any other tricks or things I could try to free things up?
Thanks for reading!
Ben