A Day in the Race Shop
Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 7:50PM I hired Khun Somchai to help me remove the broken transmission today.
Somchai did all the heavy lifting and back-breaking work. I am old now.
The transmission was very reluctant to be taken out from the bottom . . . with the motor still in . . . but we did it.
This is the drive ring I had made to correctly space the torque converter to the transmission input shaft splines.
The supercharged 1UZ race motor is just sitting there . . . raring to race . . . . but noooo . . . . more delays!
I am continually amazed at the cars that turn up in Thailand. This very nice 455 TransAm ran a respectable 14.20 e.t.
An approaching mid-day (!) storm threatened to put a stop to the track activities, but it never rained a drop. Amazing Thailand!
Dr. Jeff Harper
CANCELLED - I AM GOING TO REBUILD THE TOYOTA TRANS AFTER ALL (May 1, 2011 - JPH)
Is this in my future? A Neil Racing Bracket Powerglide? And a Neil Chance torque converter? Maybe. The cool thing is that Dellow Automotive (Australia) makes a bellhousing for a"Toyota Lexus V8 4.0L to powerglide (with detachable housing)" . . . . . hhmmmmmm . . . . . looks like a lot of features for the money . . . . and they have an Australian dealer (robertcampisi@bigpond.com) . . . . . I have e-mailed them to see if this 'cut down' powerglide fits the Dellow bell . . . of if they make them in the 'detached' Australian powerglide case to fit the Dellow bell . . .
Dr. Jeff Harper
. . . . so . . . . I take out the A342 transmission, take it to my trans guy, he opens it up . . . and what does he see? Nothing is broken. Our guess: torque converter sprag broken . . . or . . . even though I checked it and topped it off . . . the trans eventually sucked all the fluid into the converter and I ran the fricken valve body dry . . . . . . and I forgot to check it after it "wouldn't move in Drive." I will see what MV Automatics tells me about how to test the converter for broken-ness. The saga continues . . . . .
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