XtremeVette
Well-known member
Ok I have had number of problems and have had my 700R4 rebuilt 3 times now! Still Iam not happy. Are these things that hard to build or modify?
GM had it first...result sloppy shifting pattern.
My tranny guy checked it out said it would need rebuilding. Rebuilt the thing and it blows up 1 week later. He rebuilt it again saying that the parts that were sent him were faulty. Rebuilt no cost to me. Result shifts ok but seems off. It holds 1st to 2nd under WOT conditions way way too long in my opinion. On my mostly stock 1990 its out of breath at like 4400 rpms and yet the car is still trying and not shifting till 5200-5500 so she is literally screaming and just holding the note but not going anywhere. I told my tranny guy about hearing about changing the weights and springs around in the governor and he just gave me dirty looks and sighs. He is like ”noo nooooo nahh you don't want to do that you'll be in for more trouble then its worth. You can't just change weights and springs around without it affecting the rest of the transmission work that I have already done. The valvebody would have to be rebuilt and its just a pain. Try just adjusting the tv cable a tad to the more looser position.”
So guys help me out, do you think he is telling the truth or should I just bring the car to another transmission place. I really hate loseing street races (Iam in the country) and don't even want to attempt to bring it to Lebanon cause I know it probably won't even be in the 15 second bracket cause of my 1st to 2nd hesitation. Bottom line is I want it fixed but don't want to have to pay for a rebuild again and don't want to screw the tranny up in any way that it won't work properly.
All tranny rebuilders welcome to chime in. I only wish I knew more about them cause its been the one thing thats been haunting me since I have owned the car.
jeff
GM had it first...result sloppy shifting pattern.
My tranny guy checked it out said it would need rebuilding. Rebuilt the thing and it blows up 1 week later. He rebuilt it again saying that the parts that were sent him were faulty. Rebuilt no cost to me. Result shifts ok but seems off. It holds 1st to 2nd under WOT conditions way way too long in my opinion. On my mostly stock 1990 its out of breath at like 4400 rpms and yet the car is still trying and not shifting till 5200-5500 so she is literally screaming and just holding the note but not going anywhere. I told my tranny guy about hearing about changing the weights and springs around in the governor and he just gave me dirty looks and sighs. He is like ”noo nooooo nahh you don't want to do that you'll be in for more trouble then its worth. You can't just change weights and springs around without it affecting the rest of the transmission work that I have already done. The valvebody would have to be rebuilt and its just a pain. Try just adjusting the tv cable a tad to the more looser position.”
So guys help me out, do you think he is telling the truth or should I just bring the car to another transmission place. I really hate loseing street races (Iam in the country) and don't even want to attempt to bring it to Lebanon cause I know it probably won't even be in the 15 second bracket cause of my 1st to 2nd hesitation. Bottom line is I want it fixed but don't want to have to pay for a rebuild again and don't want to screw the tranny up in any way that it won't work properly.
All tranny rebuilders welcome to chime in. I only wish I knew more about them cause its been the one thing thats been haunting me since I have owned the car.
jeff
