71 Dart 410 stroker ..

wednesday or Day 1....we leave Vegas at 6 15am....raining all the way to Tehachapi Pass...Kalifornia Roads SUCK....potholes are as big as craters....On Highway 58 coming down the mountain 3 cars off the side with blow outs from hitting potholes....had to keep looking in the mirror to make sure trailer was still with us....in Barstow...i buy two sodas....i ask for a bag...she says that will be 10 cents...LOL,,,,

We get to Famoso Raceway just before noon...line not to bad to get in....get tickets...get thru the gate...guy on golf cart ask what role are we in....hell if I know...no one told us ....finally someone shows up with a list...we are in Role 14...lol......we luckily get a pit spot that is not flooded...

get car out of trailer...need to do a few things...change jets...run the valves...head for tech....3 staging lanes full of cars to tech...one guy doing tech....finally a girl starts teching cars....she takes 15 minutes to tech a 12 second car ...open hood twice...looks at seat belts for the passenger side also....LOL....

We get lucky ...3rd guy shows up...He remembers Tonya from a 1.5 years ago went we broke a valve there...he just takes her tech card...looks at the belts...and ask if we have a 727 or 904...904 with CSR shield....he says great...we have to wiggle to get out of the staging lanes...i guess...smiling at the tech guy helps....

get in line...she does a 2nd gear burn out...pulls to the line....on the transbrake...away she goes...then I hear engine rpm...and all kind of ****...calls me from the top end car will not crank...ok...plug on NSS falls off....jump with screw driver...she drives back to pits...said car has no 2 gear...run 14.50 ...we are on our way...

Find NSS plug laying on headers...fires car back up...put shifter in neutral hits transbrake button no reverse...and 1st gear ..no transbrake in 1st gear...****...we get the car jacked up in the air on 4 jack stands....i adjust linkage...hoping that is it...nope,,,,ok...are we getting power to the brake...yes...ok...maybe the wire inside the pan fell off.....off comes pan...nope it is connected...we decide to drop valve body to test solenoid....PLUS with this shield on I have a hell of time to adjust front band...as I can see that is why we have no 2nd gear...my screwup...

we test solenoid...does not work...we see bare wire hot wire grounding out...solenoid fired...well..so much for transbrake for the weekend...as no one has a solenoid that fits a TorqueFlite brake..only issue is the valvebody is brand new....and i got spares back in Vegas.....we are done for the day...sun is setting...and i have been lying in the dirt all afternoon under the car....Motel here I come...hot shower...dead in bed...