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    TC slipping during lockup

    I have had this persistent issue with my transmission that has been driving me crazy and I finally pinned down the symptoms... My transmission is newly built, but I have had an issue with it overheating on long trips. I have an issue with the trans will shudder sometimes. I scanned the car...
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    My Tranny THINKS It's Getting Hot.

    I rebuilt my transmission a few months ago and I had an issue with it heating up to what it said was 290* I had a local transmission place look at it and they thought it was a bad sensor and so they replaced my harness and temp sensor in the transmission and sent it on its way. The fluid wasn't...
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    tuning for gears.

    I am having a brain fart on changing the tables for 3.29 gears. I am looking at the tables and i cant seem to make out exactly how i change the spedo table to see the new 3.29 gears. I see the final gear ratio is already 3.29. Should I go ahead and swap all the data over from a gt file to get...
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    Decided to go ahead with my pulley swap.

    My first vehicle, which was my testbed for the longest time was my Camaro. Garages > merlin's Garage - FQuick.com As you can see from the link i swapped an l67 into the car and retrofitted it to work in the car. I have been running the stock pulley for the longest time and It was only puttin...
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    Issue with fbody caliper swap.

    I have been in the middle of an fbody brake caliper swap on my car for some time now, and in the 105* heat, I decided to go ahead and do it. I have done brake jobs multiple times but this has stumped me. when i was cleaning up the brake calipers, i pulled them apart and cleaned and re...
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    ARP flexbolts or Go to lowes?

    Im getting ready to swap trannys and i have GM's newest flexplate with the holes drilled for the smaller torque converter. I know that the flexplate bolts are TTY, and some people have gone to lowes and picked up some grade 8 bolts. Im wondering has anyone done this and if so what thread...
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    The time for mods are approaching.

    Just a little teaser for you I have the GMPP sway bars sitting in the house as well (hidden, so the GF dont throw a fit) and I have trailing arms on the way from UMI as well. Thinking about some stainless steel lines as well, but i havent fully made up my mind. PFYC has a set for $104 shipped.
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    About time we had a mod day in Tulsa.

    And by that i mean, I think its time to come over to my house for the day and help swap out the tranny in the car and add a few mods that i have sitting around. So who is up for that in two weeks? Afterwards, we can hit the track.
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    Vavle body upgrades.

    I am currently in the middle of a trans rebuild and I am staring at the valve body. What Kind of upgrades do you guys recomend for a lightly modded vehicle. I know of the usual buy and bolt on mods, but are there any modifications that could/should be done that should be done to the VB itself...
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    I think i bent my throttle cable mount.

    Im fairly sure i bent my throttle cable bracket gettin' on it and i want to see if anyone has a pict of the bracket so that i can confirm such things. Also if anyone has one laying around and would like to sell it, give me a shout.
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    Those that have installed the transgo kit

    Im in the middle of putting together the channel plates on my 4t65e build and im putting together the 3-4 accumulator and the trans go kit comes with two springs to replace the ones that are in the the accumulator. The springs supplied by transgo are shorter than the ones that came stock and Im...
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    input speed sensor wheel, do i need a new one when swapping gears?

    Im in the middle of putting this tranny of mine together and im test fitting a few parts together and im a little confused. I am swapping from 2.93 to 3.29 (or whatever) and I put the old thrust washers onto the new gearset and i have found that there are three holes that do not line up with the...
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    First of many orders from Trannyman

    I ordered a manual from T-man and it was shipped to me with no problems. Was also very helpful with placing some prices on some parts. I will be placing a bigger order this summer once I've sorted out what i need for my transmission. Thanks again.
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    Who wants to fight?

    Majourlittle My Brute See if you are tough enough to take on me. Been screwing with this for the last few days and it has become more addicting than expected. post up you name once you have registered so we know who you are.
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    Pressure control solenoid, anyone got a writeup on changing it?

    I have a 99GTP with 70k on it and it has been slow to shifting lately and is getting worse. I've been reading up around here on similar conditions and it seems that the culprit is probably the PCS. I have some time off this next week and I want to go ahead and replace it. I haven't bought a...
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