Well, just got finished with my Wide Ratio AOD install on my '73 Montego. Set the TV to 35psi with the spacer tool and 0psi at idle. Went for the first test drive yesterday and it didn't want to shift right, on the way back home it started shifting okay. Just thought it was a fluke, went for a second test drive when it was cold tonight and it shifted right for a while, then the PROBLEMS started.
Under all throttle positions, it shifted right and on time. 1-2 at ~18mph, 2-3 at ~31mph, and 3-4 at ~51mph. Passing gear kickdown was right on the money.
Now to the problems: 1-2 at ~20mph, 2-3 at ~40mph, and 3-4 at ~51mph. Under light throttle I can feel the TC slipping, and under medium accel and passing gear, the TC slips so badly it makes the car backfire.
Ok, limped home, let the headers, and fluid cool. Rechecked the TV pressure, 10psi with the spacer tool, only 30psi with the cable pulled ALL the way OUT. Before, it was 85-90psi, but not now. If I rev the engine I can get the tv pressure to rise to normal, with the cable pulled all the way out.
What am I looking at here? Valve body? I would think someone here has had this problem before.
Please, any help would be appreciated, Chris.
Under all throttle positions, it shifted right and on time. 1-2 at ~18mph, 2-3 at ~31mph, and 3-4 at ~51mph. Passing gear kickdown was right on the money.
Now to the problems: 1-2 at ~20mph, 2-3 at ~40mph, and 3-4 at ~51mph. Under light throttle I can feel the TC slipping, and under medium accel and passing gear, the TC slips so badly it makes the car backfire.
Ok, limped home, let the headers, and fluid cool. Rechecked the TV pressure, 10psi with the spacer tool, only 30psi with the cable pulled ALL the way OUT. Before, it was 85-90psi, but not now. If I rev the engine I can get the tv pressure to rise to normal, with the cable pulled all the way out.
What am I looking at here? Valve body? I would think someone here has had this problem before.
Please, any help would be appreciated, Chris.