OK, 4 months later, I finally got my SS running today. I pulled the motor and trans so I could clean and repaint the frame, firewall, etc. The car started up and ran fine, but when I went to move it, I realized that it had only two gears - Park and Drive. In Park, it would lock the transmission, but if you put it in the Neutral or Reverse positions, the car would creep forward. When we pulled the engine, we forgot to drain the tranny and all of the fluid leaked out of the tailshaft. I put in about 6.5 quarts today, and it is reading slightly above full on the dipstick. Also, I noticed that when you put the car into gear, it doesn't really feel like it enganges, the car doesn't lurch forward like every other chevelle i;ve driven. The tranny worked fine before we took it out, and we didn't mess with it while it was off (didn't even unbolt it from the engine). Has anyone ever had this happen to them before?
I really don't want to have to rebuild the tranny. If that trans comes out, a 4-Speed is going in, simple as that. Thanks.
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Ian McDermott
1970 Chevelle SS 396
Gold Member #101
E-mail: [email protected]
Web page: chevelle.dhs.org
ICQ UIN: 3923441
I really don't want to have to rebuild the tranny. If that trans comes out, a 4-Speed is going in, simple as that. Thanks.
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Ian McDermott
1970 Chevelle SS 396
Gold Member #101
E-mail: [email protected]
Web page: chevelle.dhs.org
ICQ UIN: 3923441