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mikejpss
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As many of you remember I have had problems with my tranny not downshifting into 1st gear. Yesterday evening we pulled the valve body and found a piece of aluminum slag stuck in the first gear valve train.
The tranny mechanic (a friend) that helped me with the endeavor said that I have a "lock-up" convertor and did his best to explain it to me, think I got it.
Question for the day is this:The lockup portion of my tranny is electronically disconnected, obvious as the 4 prong plug wire is missing from the tranny. How will this effect the stock performance of the car (assuming the tranny runs correctly when we put it back together today).
His explanation of the lock-up is that it was designed to give an additional 0.3 mpg, almost like a 4th speed. Havent felt it b/c it was disconnected, do not want to reconnect since the carb and distr. have been changed to a non computerized ones.
Any insight to help me better understand this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
The tranny mechanic (a friend) that helped me with the endeavor said that I have a "lock-up" convertor and did his best to explain it to me, think I got it.
Question for the day is this:The lockup portion of my tranny is electronically disconnected, obvious as the 4 prong plug wire is missing from the tranny. How will this effect the stock performance of the car (assuming the tranny runs correctly when we put it back together today).
His explanation of the lock-up is that it was designed to give an additional 0.3 mpg, almost like a 4th speed. Havent felt it b/c it was disconnected, do not want to reconnect since the carb and distr. have been changed to a non computerized ones.
Any insight to help me better understand this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,