Hey there guys,
Thanks for all your help with the my Head Gasket and Timing Job. Everything worked out just fine with that thanks to your extensive knowledge!
So... Alot of time has passed and I finally became able to finish up the HG job. Assembled the engine started it up and everything is great. There is a slight rocker kind of sound in the pass side head, but I will get in there and re adjust the gap soon when I change the oil.
I topped off all the fluids and since everything appeared fine I tried to drive it. Upon putting it in gear, the engine lowers the idle, like I suppose it should. The engine definitely reacts to having the shifter being put into various gears. But it slips a great deal when and if it will move at all. After searching the forums for trans slip, I found that this was a pretty common issue, so I went out to get replacement ATF. Valvoline Max life Dex Merc atf. The trans was very strong when I purchased this car, it didn't slip or shift hard at all.
So I am thinking that it must have been something that I have done in the process of pulling the engine and putting it back in. I replaced the seal where the engine and trans slip into one another and dinged it up pretty good the first time I tried to put the engine back in. Decided my lift was at the wrong angle and had to pull it again. Upon inspection the seal was pretty beat up and I ran out to get another one. Putting the engine back in I had to lift the trans a seemingly ridiculous amount in order to get the yoke back into the torque converter. After a little bit of adjusting the angles of my hoist chains once again, it seemed to go in very well. The biggest problem being jacking up the trans so as to make the union with the back of the engine and also making sure to have enough clearance over the engine mounts, to slide the mount bolts into the holes on the cross member...
I have dropped the pan this last weekend and emptied out all the ATF. The pan is bent a little, maybe a half inch upward on the engine side of the trans pan. I gently bent it back out a little and checked to make sure that it will not be a hindrance to getting more fluid from the pan and into the trans. I am pretty firm in the belief that there is nothing blocking the screen (which is on the back side of the trans pan). I inspected the screen and took the advice of a few posters on this forum, that said it was not worth the hassle to take it off and even though the front side of the pan is bent slightly, it appears to have the same clearance in the back of the pan, where the screen is. Rtv'ed a trans pan gasket, properly (no leaks not much excess) Let it set up for 48+ hours. I refilled it with the Max life ATF and it still slipped a lot. I cycled it through all the gears and let it run about 30-40mins total. I was able to drive it a little. maybe a mile or two tops. It doesn't want to engage into a gear. It slips from a stop in all gears and if it is in D it begins to slip when it needs to change gears, to the point it wont get into second automatically. I ended up limping home in 1 and 2. Checked the level of ATF and it says it is high. Waited about 30-40 mins for it to drop lower down the filler tube and it didn't so I let it sit for the night. Inspected all the hoses, no leaks or kinks (I replaced all the trans cooler lines with new goodyear trans cooler lines.) Each hose for the trans is connected to the proper line and not kinked at all. I emptied a couple quarts of the ATF and added the Trans X and enough ATF to have the dipstick read Full. I cannot get it to even engage into gear a this point and the only difference is the fact that trans x is there and also the gauge reads that it is not over filled anymore. So.... I researched and tinkered some more and now, every once in a while it will go into gear and this seems to be due to the fact that I am feathering the gas as it the revs drop from 3K down to roughly 2.2krpms.
Checked the fluid and let it sit. I am basically stuck at this point. Short of dropping the tranny and things of that degree, I am pretty much at a loss. It certainly seams to be an issue of fluid pressure, nothing electrical or mechanical that I can tell at least... There are no grinding or harsh sounds from either the trans or the engine and the when shifting it into gears, the engine reacts and slows the idle just enough to be relatively normal. With new fluids and hoses and everything being put on correctly, what do you think the culprit could be?
I looked all around and haven't found much. I saw an endwrench article about 4eat adjustments, but I cannot find anything at all about having a pressure problem inside the trans or the atf system.
I am wondering if I may have broken the first part of the yoke, the smaller outermost part but I also hear absolutely nothing coming from that area. Also, when it is able to drive, it doesn't make any sounds other than just revving.
What do you think I should do?
Anything at all would be a help
Thank you.
Thanks for all your help with the my Head Gasket and Timing Job. Everything worked out just fine with that thanks to your extensive knowledge!
So... Alot of time has passed and I finally became able to finish up the HG job. Assembled the engine started it up and everything is great. There is a slight rocker kind of sound in the pass side head, but I will get in there and re adjust the gap soon when I change the oil.
I topped off all the fluids and since everything appeared fine I tried to drive it. Upon putting it in gear, the engine lowers the idle, like I suppose it should. The engine definitely reacts to having the shifter being put into various gears. But it slips a great deal when and if it will move at all. After searching the forums for trans slip, I found that this was a pretty common issue, so I went out to get replacement ATF. Valvoline Max life Dex Merc atf. The trans was very strong when I purchased this car, it didn't slip or shift hard at all.
So I am thinking that it must have been something that I have done in the process of pulling the engine and putting it back in. I replaced the seal where the engine and trans slip into one another and dinged it up pretty good the first time I tried to put the engine back in. Decided my lift was at the wrong angle and had to pull it again. Upon inspection the seal was pretty beat up and I ran out to get another one. Putting the engine back in I had to lift the trans a seemingly ridiculous amount in order to get the yoke back into the torque converter. After a little bit of adjusting the angles of my hoist chains once again, it seemed to go in very well. The biggest problem being jacking up the trans so as to make the union with the back of the engine and also making sure to have enough clearance over the engine mounts, to slide the mount bolts into the holes on the cross member...
I have dropped the pan this last weekend and emptied out all the ATF. The pan is bent a little, maybe a half inch upward on the engine side of the trans pan. I gently bent it back out a little and checked to make sure that it will not be a hindrance to getting more fluid from the pan and into the trans. I am pretty firm in the belief that there is nothing blocking the screen (which is on the back side of the trans pan). I inspected the screen and took the advice of a few posters on this forum, that said it was not worth the hassle to take it off and even though the front side of the pan is bent slightly, it appears to have the same clearance in the back of the pan, where the screen is. Rtv'ed a trans pan gasket, properly (no leaks not much excess) Let it set up for 48+ hours. I refilled it with the Max life ATF and it still slipped a lot. I cycled it through all the gears and let it run about 30-40mins total. I was able to drive it a little. maybe a mile or two tops. It doesn't want to engage into a gear. It slips from a stop in all gears and if it is in D it begins to slip when it needs to change gears, to the point it wont get into second automatically. I ended up limping home in 1 and 2. Checked the level of ATF and it says it is high. Waited about 30-40 mins for it to drop lower down the filler tube and it didn't so I let it sit for the night. Inspected all the hoses, no leaks or kinks (I replaced all the trans cooler lines with new goodyear trans cooler lines.) Each hose for the trans is connected to the proper line and not kinked at all. I emptied a couple quarts of the ATF and added the Trans X and enough ATF to have the dipstick read Full. I cannot get it to even engage into gear a this point and the only difference is the fact that trans x is there and also the gauge reads that it is not over filled anymore. So.... I researched and tinkered some more and now, every once in a while it will go into gear and this seems to be due to the fact that I am feathering the gas as it the revs drop from 3K down to roughly 2.2krpms.
Checked the fluid and let it sit. I am basically stuck at this point. Short of dropping the tranny and things of that degree, I am pretty much at a loss. It certainly seams to be an issue of fluid pressure, nothing electrical or mechanical that I can tell at least... There are no grinding or harsh sounds from either the trans or the engine and the when shifting it into gears, the engine reacts and slows the idle just enough to be relatively normal. With new fluids and hoses and everything being put on correctly, what do you think the culprit could be?
I looked all around and haven't found much. I saw an endwrench article about 4eat adjustments, but I cannot find anything at all about having a pressure problem inside the trans or the atf system.
I am wondering if I may have broken the first part of the yoke, the smaller outermost part but I also hear absolutely nothing coming from that area. Also, when it is able to drive, it doesn't make any sounds other than just revving.
What do you think I should do?
Anything at all would be a help
Thank you.
