904 with Turbo Action shift kit, no 3rd
EUREKA I'VE GOT IT!
I decided to pull the governor plug off the end of the 2-3 shift valve, and I found the valve was not moving at all. How can it 2-3 shift without the valve moving!?!?!
I was wrong all along~ I thought the plug provided with the shift kit was an extension of the throttle plug and only limiting the 2-3 shift valve travel, but it was stopping it from moving all together. I opened the governor side of the 2-3 shift valve, and realized the valve had no room to move. bingo
Here is the crude drawing in the shift kit:
http://s766.photobucket.com/user/goodbyehorse/media/IMG_1708b_zps3b6dae4b.jpg.html
You can see how a noob fresh out of auto school could make this mistake.. I put the plug in the only hole where it fit; with the 2-3 shift valve. The drawing shows three valves on the body, but my 904 only has two (the 1-2 and 2-3). This shifting problem has kept my poor Scamp off the road for 8 years!!
Look out Norcal, there is a new Scamp out on the streets... with fresh break-in oil and a fresh engine. Finally this day has come. After 8 years, and three times pulling the engine and trans, I see I DO know how to rebuild Torqueflites after all... And I'm NOT going crazy. Time to polish the Torq-Thrusts, reinstall the subwoofers, replace the new suspension boots which have all since cracked(dang it!), tune the Holley 390, and finish this long term project.
EUREKA I'VE GOT IT!
I decided to pull the governor plug off the end of the 2-3 shift valve, and I found the valve was not moving at all. How can it 2-3 shift without the valve moving!?!?!
I was wrong all along~ I thought the plug provided with the shift kit was an extension of the throttle plug and only limiting the 2-3 shift valve travel, but it was stopping it from moving all together. I opened the governor side of the 2-3 shift valve, and realized the valve had no room to move. bingo
Here is the crude drawing in the shift kit:
http://s766.photobucket.com/user/goodbyehorse/media/IMG_1708b_zps3b6dae4b.jpg.html
You can see how a noob fresh out of auto school could make this mistake.. I put the plug in the only hole where it fit; with the 2-3 shift valve. The drawing shows three valves on the body, but my 904 only has two (the 1-2 and 2-3). This shifting problem has kept my poor Scamp off the road for 8 years!!
Look out Norcal, there is a new Scamp out on the streets... with fresh break-in oil and a fresh engine. Finally this day has come. After 8 years, and three times pulling the engine and trans, I see I DO know how to rebuild Torqueflites after all... And I'm NOT going crazy. Time to polish the Torq-Thrusts, reinstall the subwoofers, replace the new suspension boots which have all since cracked(dang it!), tune the Holley 390, and finish this long term project.