3800 The trans died last Friday!!!

[imported_Theautoguy]

Well, the Regal went to the trans shop last Friday; the verdict came back for a complete rebuild…including the torque converter and differential! It started acting up a couple of years ago but I wasn’t able to get it to recreate the issues for my trans guys. Last week it finally threw a code and started making a few faint noises. It seems one of the pistons/valves wore and started to leak past a seal causing line pressure issues. After two years of that it eventually toke out the torque converter as well as a couple of shafts among other things I don’t understand about automatics. They also found that my C’Ya differential was tore up too. (I’m getting that back and I’ll get ahold of Mike Dye and have him look it over; I think I put about 40,000 miles on it so perhaps he can find out if it may have contributed…though the trans guy said that it was a victim rather than a cause.)

Anyway, it only cost me $1700 for a complete rebuild with extras out the door. I feel rather fortunate with the cost all things considered. I suppose that the 3-4 dozen passes at Byron didn’t do it real well!

Oh well, it’s just money!

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[Turbocharged400sbc]

well if they sent the converter over to Midwest Converter you can be sure they rebuilt it good...gotten more than a few converters rebuilt and adjusted there...standup guys

 

[Fish]

That sucks about your trans.

GL getting ahold of Mike.

 

[CoolGTX]

That sucks about your trans.

GL getting ahold of Mike.
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does suck about your tranny, good luck with the new one.

miker is around h34r:

 

[GTPPWR]

wow, that sux Don. first the lightning, now the regal. bad things come in threes...........is the camaro in the garage yet????????????????????

 

[imported_Theautoguy]

Jacob, the Regal is done now and both the truck and the Camaro should be done by Christmas!

The Camaro is heading to get appraised and then straight to a storage unit, I'm expecting a near $20K appraisal...The Camaro didn't just get a smoothing and color, I had a FULL RESTORATION done on it; down to bare metal, panels realigned, all new seals, underbody and underhood de-crapped, the rims were refurbished, all new decals and emblems...you guys will shit when you see it!

The truck...well, it's now in a new class of fast.

Nothing like spending 5 figures on your cars in a span of 4 weeks!

...and I've seen Mike once or twice, we have a mutual friend.

 

[Royalgtp]

He is still alive???

 

[Toasty]

well if they sent the converter over to Midwest Converter you can be sure they rebuilt it good...gotten more than a few converters rebuilt and adjusted there...standup guys
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x2 on Midwest Converters...good stuff! tho would be better if my bro inlaw still worked there. more discounts ya know!


MD is still around, apparently in hiding for personal issues or something, but my bro inlaw knows him, heck i think the lifters and assocated stock parts in my car were sourced from him.