Velvet drive

Looking at a 79 mustang fir a friend water test revealed reverse gear but no forward gear boat has been sitting 10 years any thoughts

I just rebuilt mine last month. It wasnt too bad. Downloaded and printed the manual at the library. New gaskets and drive clutches was about $185. Clutch plates very simular to GM turbo 400 . But the previous poster is correct. Tell them what a rebuilt one out the door costs. ($1700?)

Yes. I have over 40 years. experience working on automatic transmissions.

I was trying to encourage someone. Not tear them down. Im done now.

Pete's gonna learn us all about Borg Warner's.

Don't forget, he thought that a car auto like a C6 or Turbo 400 had dry clutches not too long ago.

I figure Jay knows what he was doing with whatever Pete wants to call the job.

I remember you asking the same question before with no answer back Duane

KENO wrote: Pete's gonna learn us all about Borg Warner's.

Wrong Ken! I'm the one who wants to learn since pump tolerances aren't published. So Ken what are the max clearances?

I don't throw out the same stupid comment to every guy that asks transmission questions Pete. Like Duane and Jay a few posts back, I 'll actually encourage somebody and tell him that he can do it with a manual a few special tools and the desire to try it. Seems like I told Duane he could handle it in spite of your discouragement a while back.
And Guess what....................he did it and made some special tools that he'll duplicate for anybody that wants them for a reasonable price.

You don't know the tolerances, I never claimed to and they aren't in a B/W manual either like you said.

So why do you ask Jay a few posts back if the pump clearances were in spec ?.

You're just spewing sheet( that's the Mexican pronunciation by the way) doing your usual job of trying to make somebody feel like they know nothing and can't have possibly taken their transmission apart, fixed what was wrong and have it work ever again even though your transmission knowledge is lacking to put it politely.

You never saw a tolerance from Eric posted other than a look at score marks on the pump housing surfaces and if you could feel them it was probably replacement time. That may not have even come from Eric, might just be one of those things I learned over the years that may or may not be true, but it works for me.

Ken,
Your comments are well taken. Thanks. If I ever do find out the pump tolerances, I'll be sure to share them just like you share all your knowledge.

nice to see you back Doc!

OK, can you guy's enlighten me on the trans fluid, my fading memory is that Eric always recommended against synthetic, because it is too slippery iirc?? I have spewed that advice ever since and certainly won't any longer if that is not a fact??

Just me speaking, but many years ago I rebuilt a transmission that was given to me, put it in the boat and after hearing all this talk of "too slippery" etc figured I'd find out for myself.

I put in some synthetic Dex 3 equivalent and have never had a problem but it's a lot easier to say "use Dex 3" and you won't have any problems.

I'm on a very strict maintenance routine with this trans by the way. I check the fluid every now and then and I haven't changed it in at least 700 hours.

Kind of a torture test.

Myself, I'm happy with it but the choice to use it is up to the owner. I did it because it was a free transmission that I spent a little on to fix it so if I screwed it up, no big deal.

Go to the MC website and there are plenty of people using it with no ill effects and probably the same on PN or the Malibu crew. They probably change their fluid though   

I've kept my mouth shut cause I figure if somebody switches and has a problem of any kind it gets blamed on the synthetic ATF and some clown named Ken O.

I figure if it's got to meet a spec it doesn't matter if it's synthetic or dino based stuff as long as it meets the spec

All I can say is "don't do it because I do it." cause I like to do things like this to find out for myself.

Thanks KenO,     Truer words were probably never spoken,   thanks. Duane

By the way Pete

You have a package coming USPS if the post office people can find your house. Should be there Thursday

The address way up there in the Northwoods didn't come up in their computer .

Dreaming wrote: nice to see you back Doc!

Glad to be missed, tho not much has changed with the pecking order here..........Move on, nothing to see here...

boat dr wrote: KENO wrote: By the way Pete You have a package coming USPS if the post office people can find your house. Should be there Thursday The address way up there in the Northwoods didn't come up in their computer . Keno, send Pete some love..............

Some love and we'll call it an EI reversion kit or something like that so he can change his Tique back to points if he wants to.

Might come in handy in something like a nuclear blast with all that EMP radiation that supposedly kills electronic stuff