Fuuuudge

I hate bashin people , but jn this case i will .
Had Fireball tranny in Canada build me a
Tranny . First time around used the wrong
Clutches with an aluminum drum , drum toasted .
And tranny leaked like a sieve ..
aND Found a crack in the case after hours of
Strainful checking .. Sent him pics

He DID rebuild the tranny . Never thought to look
At the case ... He used the SAME one ..

Had DaVe D hook me up with Godfather
Racing , i have a correct killer tranny now ...

Are you sure you have to pull it ,
Did you start it in neutral to get all the juices
Flowin ?

All the linkage right etc etc . That's odd
That a new tranny slips .
I dont know much about the valve bodies
And passages and all that , but check and double check
Before yankin it . Deep pan ? No filter extension extension ?

Car looks very nice

I talked to a different tranny shop and im taking the whole car there on either monday or tuesday. he said it might be something as simple as a band adjustment. my tranny is a 904 cheetah fwd valve body, semi rigid band, deep pan with filter extension and a dynamic 9.5" converter. not sure on the clutch packs or drum. its times like this I really wish I knew transmissions better

also, when the rear was up on jack stands, it would roll and shift through all the gears. none of the fluid smells burnt either. it does howl (sound like a brake dragging) when the car is on the ground and giving it throttle in gear.

I had the tranny in my 71-GTX rebuilt right after I bought it in 98. Put it in myself. All seemed to work OK, then it would just stop working and howled a little bit. In that time, the car has been in storage for the last 15 years. Finally took the car back out and it turns out that I didn't engage the torque converter all the way. Ruined the front pump. $600 later, it was fixed right.

Have a small update... I brought my roadrunner to the tranny shop 2 weeks ago due to major slippage. They told me they wanted to do some initial pressure checking and minor adjustments and if that didnt fix it, they would call me and let me know before tearin into it. Sounded good to me so gave them the go ahead. This morning got a call from them asking for my cam specs and i didn't know off hand so i gave them jeffs number. Call them back later and apparently they had the whole tranny out and figured my new dynamic converter was junk and wanted to order me a new converter. I called dynamic and they told me the symptoms didnt sound like a converter and more like leakage issues. Called tranny shop and asked if the pressure check and everything else was good and they told me theh never even checked it, just tore it down without runnin it... Kinda pissed i asked why they didnt, they told me it was because i told them it was slipping!! DUH!! Now im goin to go get it on friday done or not. Im almost scared to look at it...

It's kind of tuff dropping off a car as nice as yours to a tranny shop. It will probably be fine but I can understand you being nervous.

Ya, its nerve racking.. Im just mad because they didnt do what we agreed on and possibly making an un called for high bill..

Don't pay the bill since they don't have a signed work order for the tear down.

I stopped by the shop to talk with them after cooling down a bit. I explained to them how i felt and what we had taked about. They told me they would not charge me for the tear down, or reassembly. And ill get it back fixed by friday. Ill post how that goes

Update... I was too mad yesterday to post. Went to the shop again yesterday and talked to the owner who btw was drunk at 2 in the afternoon.. And asked how the roadrunner was going. Told me they couldnt find anything wrong but they replaced the clutch packs and bands which the clutches were slightly used and the band was brand new... Wouldnt even show me the old ones saying they were junk and threw them away. Then told me he was ready to order me a new converter because my dynamic was junk and had too much stall at 3500 and my motor isnt nearly big enough for that. He then proceded to tell me dynamic is run by a bunch of kids who dont know anything and that cheetah makes crappy valve bodies. Didnt help he had a drunk buddy there agreeing with everything. Also earlier i was told they didnt pressure check it and now hes telling me he did and it had good pressue so im getting 2 stories... This is going to be a night mare. Stay tuned

Btw, i asked him if he called dynamic and he said he didnt. Not sure how he knew the stall considering dynamic told me it would stall around 3-3200? And im pretty sure i never told him?

Get your car out of there!!!!!!'

I want to, but i cant get ahold of him this weekend. I want him to just bolt the dang thing together so the motor aint hanging.. I wont have a day off now until wednesday....

Dang dude sorry to hear that. I have had nothing but problems with local auto trans guys as well. I wish the best for you

Ya, its not a good feeling. Its almost like im dead in the water right now.

I'm sure sorry to hear of the trans troubles, Kevin.
The car sure did turn out nice though! I look forward to hearing about how it does at the track as well!

Just got off the phone again with the tranny shop. Told them i want the car and tranny the same way it came in ready for me to pick up by wednesday morning (my next day off) we'll see what happens

Car got finished up today and i was able to pick it up. Set me back 550 though but they did manage to fix it. Wouldnt elaborate on what was wrong though. The car is sitting in my shop at home now, and the headache of dealing with them is over. Now to move on and ill have more updates shortly