Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 12:31:38 -1000
Reply-To: Scott <SCOTTDANIEL@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott <SCOTTDANIEL@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: 090 (automatic) transmission questions
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You can remove the trans leaving the engine in place.
I would not, however, try to do it leaving the torque converter bolted
to the engine.
Just asking for trouble.
remove trans with torque converter staying with trans in the normal way.
I have never understood why people think a Lift is better. ( that's with
50+ years of car working on experience btw )
I hate working standing up with my hands over my head.
plus ...sometimes you need to undo something 'up there' ..and you either
lower the lift back down, or use a step ladder to reach what ya need up
there.
way mo' betta to have van solidly supported on truck-size jack stands ..
then you're comfortably laying on a creeper, often working on something
right in front of your face.
plus ...literally ...getting up and down from the ground is a very
healthy thing to do ..
Life-extending even. The more you move around, generally, the longer ya
live.
Scott
On 05/20/2016 07:03 AM, C. Abney wrote:
> Venturing into the internals of an automatic transmission is not
> something i'd ever imagined wanting to do, yet here i am. Looking for
> assurance.
>
> Looking through the tables, decision trees, and flow charts in the
> Bentley and the ATSG manual, I'm fairly confident i understand the
> location of my problem:
>
> 1. Slippage occurs at higher speeds (i.e., when third gear engages)
> 2. Something similar occurs starting to move in reverse
> 3. the kickdown at wot seems to mitigate it. As does keeping it in second.
>
> So the problem lies between the F+D and Reverse clutches.
>
> Indeed the other day when i drained the atf and pulled the pan, there
> was a piece of plastic lying in there that had the unique features of
> the thrust washer in that area of the transmission.
>
> I'm hoping it's just that. btw i found what i was told was the ONLY
> single thrust washer in north america...
>
> I got a master rebuild kit just in case there's something else i
> should replace, and some tools.
>
> But of course i don't know what i'm doing.
>
> My first question, to the amazing people of this group: Can I remove
> ONLY the transmission, leaving the final drive and torque converter
> attached to the crank/engine block? Seems to me like the oil pump
> shaft can just slip on and off.
>
> I'd like to. Don't have a lift, and don't want to wrestle with all
> that metal under a legless van. I got a bad shoulder!
>
> Tia,
>
> Chuck
> --
> There's no .sig like the present
>
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