Recent content by calcisco

The stock automatic was a TH400 (not HD). They were built by John Kilgore in California. John still maintains a transmission and off road equipment business. Modifications included blocking the vacuum modulator and locking the centrifugal modulator. Clutch packs were heavy duty. The torque...

Rotomaster Rebuild Yes. As one potential rebuilder said, "This is not rocket science." My understanding is that the Rotomaster was a pretty generic 2" unit. No compound or variable vanes or oddball seals. But the rebuilder has to want to do the job, and have a large selection of parts on the...

Rotomaster Rebuild Thanks to all for your advice. It is now 90 days later and the car is back in service. We took the opportunity while it was down to re-stuff the catalytic converters, which, on my vehicle, are from a 1988 Porsche 928. Can you believe that cheesy factory hanger at the...

Rotomaster rebuild Well thanks. That's 18 years of daily driving, 4 TH400HDs, 3 overdrives, 4 right side head gaskets, 3 H2O pumps, 3 radiators, 2 starters, 2 A/C compressors, 2 condensers, 2 AIR pumps, 2 CAT rebuilds, 2 instrument clusters, stainless replacement of blown steel headers...

Rotomaster rebuild Wow! What a great resource you folks are! I've begun a follow-up with Vargas Turbo, which is just about around the corner from me. Other leads are Blalock Turbochargers in Baxter Springs, KS and Turbocharger Engineering in CA. By leads I mean someone who is aware of the...

Callaway Rotomaster support Well, I did contact Callaway and I have to conclude that their support for the Rotomaster turbos is very hard to discern. In 6 calls to Old Lyme over several days I got through Mike's (Parts Director) answering machine twice, and only then by the assistance of the...

Does anyone know where to source housings, hard parts (turbine, compressor, shaft) and soft parts (seals) for the Rotomaster RM26AS063A18 series turbos? The one I'm looking at is SN 405927. How about a reliable rebuilder? What about other-brand replacements? My fairly long search has been...

That's a great lead. I'll get on it today. Thanks. Calcisco

Thanks. I didn't know that. They will definitely be my "Plan C" reserve. The difficulty I have with them, tho, is their business model requires repairs on the same pricing scale as the original vehicles were sold. My car is now old enough to have its own driver's license, and I have to price...

My '89 #26 w/auto now has about 170k. It's my daily driver and has to be reliable. A rear main seal leak is getting a little nasty and some fuel pump and sender unit repairs are looming. So does anyone have a REALLY experienced Callaway mech in North CA within, say, 100 mi of SF? It's tiresome...

turbo oil scavenge - Chris Thanks Chris. Your information and pricing are accurate. However, after 14 years and 140k, the Callaway ('89 #26) is still my daily driver. That means reliability and fresh parts on the shelf are important to me. So I'm looking for a spare in addition to the original...

Can anyone source one of these, new rebuilt or used?