I understand. Just let me say this. If you have enough mechanical ability to change your oil, you can rebuild that transmission, if it's necessary. They are really very simple.
New TCI Streetfighter won‘t shift in 3rd when hot
- Thread starter jakuzzie
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I already did a rebuild. I did everything on my car except the paint job.
I rebuilt my transmission 3 times.
1st time everything went fine.
2nd time I changed the converter from hughes to TCI (hoping to kill the vibration I am still facing). The converter exploded somehow and I had to clean and rebuild it again.
After the 3rd rebuild it started leaking.
I changed every gasket, every seal, but I couldn’t find it…
If I have to I will rebuild the TCI.
I know that TCI is not the best.
They sent me the tranny with a converter which’s holes didn’t align with the flexplate and the converter before exploded…
CudaFactHackJob
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It won't need rebuilt. The problem is in just the front drum.
CudaFactHackJob
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The vb is probably fine. Somebody probably just snagged a seal.
plymouth67
It be a lot cooler if you did...
Sounds like the inner lip seal on the direct drum to me. Ask me how I know. Just to throw in my 2 cents also...I always use ATF+4.
CudaFactHackJob
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That's disgusting. To think of all the trouble caused by some fool's apathy. I found a similar situation in a TCI trans; workers don't care. That trans wasn't even air pressure tested. It would have failed miserably. Test each drum on the pump mounted in a vise; then test again after the drums and pump are installed into the case. Only takes about 50 pounds.
VOETOM
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You will find it is very hard to get a response from them and when it comes time to making it right, they have a difficult time seeing it your way. I have first hand experience trying to make it right with another real error delivered to a customer.
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