Tranny go boom!

So I was on this 2 lanes/side, 45 mph road... i went WOT to pass a shuttle bus... car downshifts fine, but when it went to upshift stuttered a few times then BANG! and felt liek the car jumped. Friend in the car started freaking out thinking we were gonna die or something lol... well that got worse when we got to a red light.

Gear selector was in OD as always... light goes green, I step on the gas aaaaaaand... start rolling backwards with the engine just revving in neutral. Looked down to make sure i was still in OD and I was... ptu it down into 1 and it engaged and i got to move, shifted into second and it almost broke my neck lol, shifted into D once moving and it revved a few hundred, then hesitated, then went into 3rd... put it to OD and nothing, just revving.

Next stop sign tried takign off in D.... nope, not happening. Then tried 2 and it worked... tried putting it back into D when going under 15 mph annnnd theres nothing. Limped it home without a 4th gear, wow the highway became interesting lol, as in 3k RPMs at 55 MPH ahahaha.

So yea, 1835xx miles of use and heavy abuse and the tranny finally quit.

Now the new one goes in (transgo heavy duty shift kit, kevlar/carbon fiber stuffs, vette servo, etc), with the 3200 stall, 2.8 STR, i BELIEVE 9x% efficiency (that STR and that efficiency is a combo youll never see... never are both that high, but this is a freak of nature converter :)) torque converter.

Just have to limp it to/from work till i get that verter...

PS I blame friday the 13th, but at least i saw Iron Maiden that night

i laso blame friday the 13th, i dropped a pistons on my toe and had to get 5 stitches

Blame your powershifting an auto. Seriously, it's not good to do.

Friday the 13th was great! I went to my first keg-party, walked on this insane high up balcony, twice, and didn't fall over the edge. Well no one did so I'm happy about that. Wait a sec, THEY RAN OUT OF BEER!!!

:lol: Awesome story.

uhhh how do you powershift an auto and when have i ever done whatever you think that is?

I hate to take a piss in your wheaties but you won't see 90 + % to the wheels. I don't care if god rebuilt your 4L60E.

i said tq verter efficiency not tranny efficiency

Ah, the way I read it. It sounded like you meant tranny efficiency.

Looked down to make sure i was still in OD and I was... ptu it down into 1 and it engaged and i got to move, shifted into second and it almost broke my neck lol, shifted into D once moving and it revved a few hundred, then hesitated, then went into 3rd... put it to OD and nothing, just revving.


Do you do this often? that's another form of powershifting, not with a manual.

as i said i made sure it was in OD/4th as it ALWAYS is, since i was at a green light rolling backwards with cars behind me waiting to go forward i STOPPED, put it down to 1 with a hope and a prayer tht that gear would engage and i could move forward, and it worked.

I'm not some punk who thinks i can shift my auto faster than the computer can (of course this is not counting people with a manual valve body in their cars)