O_Knut
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So I am getting the car back tonight! Transmission fixed along with the breaks.
Besides nuetral starting after sitting, what can I do to prevent this car from getting its 3rd transmission job in the future?
So this is its second rebuild my apologies, and that’s only what I’ve been informed from previous owners. It had 40,000 miles on the rebuild when I bought it and after driving it a few thousand miles I had to rebuild it again. Seems the clutch had been stripped pretty bad. I’m just saying I don’t want to have it rebuilt again for a 3rd time in its lifeWhat were the events leading to three transmission rebuilds?
Is the cooler or lines blocked? Clogged filter? Low fluid level? Foreign matter in the case? Hard driving? Overheating?
The guy who did this one did the th400 in my dads nova, and that things pushing much harder numbers. His transmissions been fine for well over a decade.The biggest thing that you can do is have the trans rebuilt by someone that knows what they are doing.
Shop that did it added a transmission cooler thankfully, to hopefully avoid overheating issues. I now know to start car, leave it in neutral for a minute to build pressure (if it’s been sitting) and then begin driving.I'm definitely no expert and i (somewhat jokingly) subscribe to the belief that me being a Mopar guy means I'm; "Living Life One Transmission At A Time!" That was mostly before i matured and bothered to understand something about how they work.
As other have said, improper functioning kick-down linkages (Valve Body pressure regulator kind of thing) are commonly blamed (any of the cable kits available will make that issue practically idiot proof - Bouchillion used to have a good one).
But burned clutches eh ... could be several reasons i wouldn't hazard to guess with info available. But one thing comes to mind - think about adding new cooler lines and new radiator or auxiliary transmission fluid cooler unit installed. Otherwise you risk contaminating that new transmission on first start (maybe what happened last time?? Clutches got gunk from last burned transmission via crap left in lines and/or radiator cooler?)). IDK, just a thought.
Good luck!