ok guys, i rebuilt my tranny, only thing i saw that was bad was the 2nd gear band, well i just went through and replaced all the clutches and steal plates and the bands. well in the process we broke my tcc soleniod so i bought a replacement and used the "lock nuts" it comes with , well i took pics and went step by step making sure everything was done right. well i took it down the road and drove it and went through all the gears, was shifting good no probs at all, was downshifting when it needed to and everything. well i went to swap lanes and gave it about part throttle and it downshifts to 2nd, then when it was about to shift into 3rd it hit the rev limiter and i lost every gear, it wont go into anything .



any suggestions? comments? things i need to look at? i have till thursday to have it fixed cause we're geting out for the summer break

 

First remove a cooler line and start truck see if fluid flows ,

 

well i went by what my instructor told me and hooked a pressure gauge to the side of the tranny in the spot indicated for it and ran through the gears and have 0 pressure, could this be caused by my pump?? also could it be my torque converter

 

If you are getting 0 PSI, then the pump is not turning. Maybe the converter was not stabbed correctly and the pump gears broke after a short road test?? Just to make sure, you could do the cooler line test - no flow = no pump. Just in case you are hooked up to a wrong test port. Good luck.

Chris

 

it was the correct port went by the directions and diagram on all data, i pulled the tranny and took the torque converter off and no teeth are missing, but when i drained the fluid there was small shivers of what looked like aluminum in the bottom of the pan, so im guessing the pump took a dump????

 

the pump was tore up , its a 13 vane, my question now is, whats the stock size? 10 correct? also do you guys think the converter should be ok? this is starting to cost me alot

 

Next time make sure you get the converter stabbed all the way in like Chris said. If its not all the way you mess up the pump.

I usually put mine on/off about 3 times just to be sure it's in all the way. should side in 3 times.

 

oh im surely gona do that, what kind of price should i be looking at for a new pump? ive searched online and i get prices from 65 up to 260????

 

13-vane pump = better

Gotta make sure the converter is in all the way, but a cracked shaft on a converter might allow just enough slack to vibrate & take a pump out. Pump can be split apart, replace the broken vane & plastic insert, and reinstall in the truck. I'd probably get the pump halves checked for straightness.

Git 'r Dun!

 

ok after being drove crazy, and geting the wrong parts, i finally, im assuming by what the guy at the tranny shop is telling me, have the right parts, but now i have a leak, i got a remaned 13vane, and reman converter, but now i have a leak and now i have to wait till july to work on it cause i wont have access to the shop till then (out for summer break at college), anything i should look for when i get back in july??? its leaking from the bellhousing so im guessing the front seal on the pump?????