Joshua,
It sounds like an internal sealing leak for the trans, or that the
pump cannot hold onto the "primed" fluid. "Flooring it" will rapidly spin
the pump and refill it. Check for leaks(however its probably internal), is
fluid leaking from the inspection cover? If it is the pump is the connection
between the torque converter and the rest of the trans, its shaft seal could
be shot. My guess is the pump is loosing it's ability to retain fluid for
long periods of time and will eventually not work altogether. The down side
to this is with the pump not staying primed the clutches and other internal
components wear faster. My recommendation is to have the trans rebuilt or
have the pump rebuilt or at the least have a trans shop inspect it.
Jon C. Peters
-----Original Message-----
From: Joshua Tivis [mailto:Tivis@pp.okstate.edu]
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 12:08 PM
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: [oletrucks] Transmission Troubles?
I have a 1949 Chevy pickup that I am trying to make into a daily
driver. It has a 292 engine in it and a 350 turbo automatic
transmission in it.
At times it will not go into to gear. You have to basically floor it
and it will slip into gear. The odd thing is that it does not do it all
the time. Saturday morning I took it and got it inspected and it did
it when I was trying to leave the house, but never did it again that
day. And it stopped and was restarted several times.
Sunday, it once again did it when I was leaving the house. When I
left somebody else's house about 1 hour later it did it again. When
I left baseball practice after it setting for over 2 1/2 hours it did it
again and it had to sit and idle for almost 20 minutes before it
would kick into gear. I then pulled it into a shop and put a new
transmission filter in it to see if that would fix things. Once again it
would not go anywhere until I floored it. Got out of the shop and
drove it around and it worked fine, stopping it and starting it several
times to see if I could take it out of gear. Then about 4 hours later
after I was finished sanding for the night and put primer on it I
moved it out of the shop. No problems.
I have had several mechanics that have helped me get it running
that are baffled at this. Can somebody please help? I uses
enough gas without having to floor it to get it going.
Thanks,
Josh
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