Ken
Gone but not forgotten
Following up on the transmission saga...
As it turns out, after going through the latest in the ongoing electrical gremlin problems I've had, the overdrive may never have been bad in the first place.
As I was trying to diagnose the electrical problem with my fuel pump, I came across another in the long list of relays on the Corvette. There is a relay for the overdrive unit in a manual transmission (4+3) located right beside and sharing a common bracket with a relay for the fuel pump. As a matter-of-fact, it is the same part number. But do you think that knowledge was readily available in the manual(s)? No! :eyerole
At any rate, when I got the car back the other day and ran around for a while, the overdrive behaved exactly as it was designed. In effect, a twelve dollar part cost me around thirty-five hundred dollars! At least now I know the transmission is good and can be re-sold to benefit another C4.
Now I gotta decide to rebuild the L98 to spec, or simply re-sell the engine as-is. :eyerole
_ken
As it turns out, after going through the latest in the ongoing electrical gremlin problems I've had, the overdrive may never have been bad in the first place.
As I was trying to diagnose the electrical problem with my fuel pump, I came across another in the long list of relays on the Corvette. There is a relay for the overdrive unit in a manual transmission (4+3) located right beside and sharing a common bracket with a relay for the fuel pump. As a matter-of-fact, it is the same part number. But do you think that knowledge was readily available in the manual(s)? No! :eyerole
At any rate, when I got the car back the other day and ran around for a while, the overdrive behaved exactly as it was designed. In effect, a twelve dollar part cost me around thirty-five hundred dollars! At least now I know the transmission is good and can be re-sold to benefit another C4.
Now I gotta decide to rebuild the L98 to spec, or simply re-sell the engine as-is. :eyerole
_ken