Creedmoor
Recovering Fordaholic
I just started having some weird tranny issues. Car is a 68 FB with a mild build on an early 70s 318. Bought the car with this setup so Im assuming an early 70s 904 as well. Car has always performed great, with no issues for 3-4 years until a few weeks ago.
Start the car up after a couple of days sitting and put her into reverse and nothing for a few seconds then starts slowly moving. Read that this was just the converter drain back issue so I start it up in neutral and it takes care of that issue (never used to do it though). However, when I pull up to the stop sign about a ¼ mile away, stop, then give it gas no moving more gas and she slowly pulls out and then suddenly grabs. Since Im giving it much more gas at this point, its a good jolt. Thisll happen every time I stop until everything is really warmed up. Like 10 minutes of city traffic warmed up. She also seems to not want to make the 2-3 shift at the right time unless I take my foot off the gas during this pre-warm time period. My gas mileage also seems to have worsened.
Appreciate any guidance. Ive built a couple of motors so am not a mechanical noob but auto trannies still seem sort of magical. Even though Ive been reading up and I sort of get it. Would adjusting the bands (front and rear?) help? That sounds kinda easy and I want to put a TF2 shift kit in there anyway but thought I better figure this out first.
Thanks guys.
Start the car up after a couple of days sitting and put her into reverse and nothing for a few seconds then starts slowly moving. Read that this was just the converter drain back issue so I start it up in neutral and it takes care of that issue (never used to do it though). However, when I pull up to the stop sign about a ¼ mile away, stop, then give it gas no moving more gas and she slowly pulls out and then suddenly grabs. Since Im giving it much more gas at this point, its a good jolt. Thisll happen every time I stop until everything is really warmed up. Like 10 minutes of city traffic warmed up. She also seems to not want to make the 2-3 shift at the right time unless I take my foot off the gas during this pre-warm time period. My gas mileage also seems to have worsened.
Appreciate any guidance. Ive built a couple of motors so am not a mechanical noob but auto trannies still seem sort of magical. Even though Ive been reading up and I sort of get it. Would adjusting the bands (front and rear?) help? That sounds kinda easy and I want to put a TF2 shift kit in there anyway but thought I better figure this out first.
Thanks guys.