Ka-friggin'-BOOM! Re: Speaking of 727 Torque Converters

["Owen" <renarac@domain.elided>]

I drove it on it's final leg 130 miles home. Barely got home. Mega tranny
slippage. Parked it. Tried it the next day and it would go in reverse, but
not foreward. Parked it in the street and called AAA to tow it to the lot.

Take the tranny shift cable out of it. It's probably got only 500 miles on
it. I changed it right before it toasted.


-----Original Message-----
From: John A. Landry <jlandry@domain.elided>
To: Owen <renarac@domain.elided>
Cc: ihc@domain.elided <ihc@domain.elided>
Date: Sunday, December 13, 1998 2:27 PM
Subject: Re: Speaking of 727 Torque Converters


>When the truth serum kicked in, "Owen" <renarac@domain.elided> blurted
out...
>
>>That thing was REALLY "Blown". Told you so!
>>
>>About 3 tablespoons of shavings came out of the bottom of the oil pan
before
>>I stopped counting.
>
>I have to admit that at first I was skeptical at your original diagnosis of
>"blown" for the transmission.  I always reserved "blown" for the sort of
thing
>that happens to a funny car engine when it leaps 30 feet in the air at the
>drag races.  But I guess it's appropriate to call a TC that sounds like a
baby
>rattle "blown." <grin>
>
>So Owen, didn't you tell me the transmission actually locked up on you...
or
>did you tell me it just made a bunch of noise and then you threw it in
neutral
>and coasted to a stop?
>
>Thanks,
>
>John L.
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