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DAMN IT! Tranny probs!
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<blockquote data-quote="Stewart_H" data-source="post: 5850500" data-attributes="member: 20384"><p>Stan, here's what happened:</p><p></p><p>I was heading home from my moms house tonight. After turning left at a stop light, the freeway onramp in front of me is a long, flat, straight two lane roadway heading south out of town, which eventually becomes Highway 1. It actually looks like a freaking 1/4 mile track with a slight uphill incline.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I'm the only vehicle waiting at the signal light when it turns green, and like always, I let the 'ol gal stretch her legs.</p><p></p><p>What happened next freaked me out.</p><p></p><p>Just as the RPM's hit the sweet part of the power band, the truck falls over on its face HARD. Not like a defuel, but I mean...well...it's like this, remember when all y'alls were kids and you're about to race another kid on your bike? You guys remember, right? You have that right side pedal in the perfect position ready for the downstroke, left leg holding yourself up, ready to push off, and when someone yells "go", you stand with all your weight on that right foot, pushing down on that pedal with all your strength, then with your left, then the right again. You get about three good power strokes out, just really starting to build that speed up, when all of a sudden the chain comes off the sprocket on that fourth down-kick of the pedal. You crash down hard, free-spinning, suddenly your momentum seems to be nothing as you lurch forward over the handlebars.</p><p></p><p>That's what happened to me tonight.</p><p></p><p>However, after that event, the truck seemed to run fine on the freeway.</p><p></p><p>I get home and check things out, nothing out of the ordinary under the hood or under the truck. I run it for codes and get the standard P0478 exhaust backpressure code (common for modded PSD's), and also a P0541 manifold intake air heater code.</p><p></p><p>I clear the codes and take the rig back out for a spin again, and this time, in city driving, I can hear a high pitch, extremely low volume whine. Also, the tranny won't shift from first gear to second until I left off the accelerator, dropping the RPM's, then pushing back down on the go-pedal.</p><p></p><p>So I know the tranny has been affected somehow, I just don't know what went out. The shift solenoid? Converter affected? Pump?</p><p></p><p>I had an appointment for John Wood to replace my tranny a few months ago, but my wife convinced me to wait until next year to do the upgrade. Right after she convinced me to wait, my Lightning took a dump, so most of you guys know I opted for a second-hand, still brand new, Stage 4 Wicked Engine build from Woodbine Motorsports, so my savings is completely tapped out.</p><p></p><p>My first reaction of course is to just give my card number to JW and tell him to fix it, but the responsible side of me is telling me to sell the KB to help finance a new tranny from John Wood down in SoCal.</p><p></p><p>I thought I locked that responsible side of me away....</p><p></p><p>Oh well.</p><p></p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Hey, praise God anyway!</p><p></p><p>Stewart</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stewart_H, post: 5850500, member: 20384"] Stan, here's what happened: I was heading home from my moms house tonight. After turning left at a stop light, the freeway onramp in front of me is a long, flat, straight two lane roadway heading south out of town, which eventually becomes Highway 1. It actually looks like a freaking 1/4 mile track with a slight uphill incline. Anyway, I'm the only vehicle waiting at the signal light when it turns green, and like always, I let the 'ol gal stretch her legs. What happened next freaked me out. Just as the RPM's hit the sweet part of the power band, the truck falls over on its face HARD. Not like a defuel, but I mean...well...it's like this, remember when all y'alls were kids and you're about to race another kid on your bike? You guys remember, right? You have that right side pedal in the perfect position ready for the downstroke, left leg holding yourself up, ready to push off, and when someone yells "go", you stand with all your weight on that right foot, pushing down on that pedal with all your strength, then with your left, then the right again. You get about three good power strokes out, just really starting to build that speed up, when all of a sudden the chain comes off the sprocket on that fourth down-kick of the pedal. You crash down hard, free-spinning, suddenly your momentum seems to be nothing as you lurch forward over the handlebars. That's what happened to me tonight. However, after that event, the truck seemed to run fine on the freeway. I get home and check things out, nothing out of the ordinary under the hood or under the truck. I run it for codes and get the standard P0478 exhaust backpressure code (common for modded PSD's), and also a P0541 manifold intake air heater code. I clear the codes and take the rig back out for a spin again, and this time, in city driving, I can hear a high pitch, extremely low volume whine. Also, the tranny won't shift from first gear to second until I left off the accelerator, dropping the RPM's, then pushing back down on the go-pedal. So I know the tranny has been affected somehow, I just don't know what went out. The shift solenoid? Converter affected? Pump? I had an appointment for John Wood to replace my tranny a few months ago, but my wife convinced me to wait until next year to do the upgrade. Right after she convinced me to wait, my Lightning took a dump, so most of you guys know I opted for a second-hand, still brand new, Stage 4 Wicked Engine build from Woodbine Motorsports, so my savings is completely tapped out. My first reaction of course is to just give my card number to JW and tell him to fix it, but the responsible side of me is telling me to sell the KB to help finance a new tranny from John Wood down in SoCal. I thought I locked that responsible side of me away.... Oh well. :D Hey, praise God anyway! Stewart [/QUOTE]
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