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transbrake troubles

#1 Post by stracer859 » Sun Nov 27, 2005 11:06 am

is there anyway to adjust the transbrake ? mine is rolling a lot before it finally engages, just started this yesterday.

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#2 Post by John_Heard » Sun Nov 27, 2005 7:58 pm

I think that's an indication of pump pressure being low. Could be other things too I suppose like a sticking solenoid valve or something. Might be a good time to pull her out and have it freshened this winter.

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#3 Post by stracer859 » Sun Nov 27, 2005 8:24 pm

i was afraid of that. just dont have anyone around here that i trust to go through my tranny.

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#4 Post by John_Heard » Sun Nov 27, 2005 9:03 pm

Where are you located at?

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#5 Post by stracer859 » Sun Nov 27, 2005 9:28 pm

nashville Tn. i thought there was a way to adjust the trans brake, i could be wrong tho

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#6 Post by stracer859 » Sun Nov 27, 2005 9:35 pm

see what happened, i went to run a 7.0 heads up race saturday and the other guy fully staged on me, so i prestaged, started stallin it up rolled a lil bit and hit the button and it just rolled right on through the lights, redlighting me. happened 2 times yesterday, once in qualifying and then in eliminations (same dude both times).

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#7 Post by John_Heard » Sun Nov 27, 2005 9:35 pm

Craig Watson knows some good tranny guys there in that area that have done good work for him that are reasonable. I'm not sure who it is, maybe he will see this and post their info.

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#8 Post by stracer859 » Sun Nov 27, 2005 10:04 pm

yeah its probably bradco, thats the only one i know of that i would trust with tranny stuff

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#9 Post by stracer859 » Tue Dec 06, 2005 11:36 pm

nobody knows anything about this ? i was thinkin bout pullin it all, get the motor freshened, send the tranny to bradco, see if he can freshen it and maybe get the transbrake to release a lil quicker

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#10 Post by Craig W. » Wed Dec 07, 2005 12:59 pm

Leaking internal seals in the tranny can cause the car to move like that when engaging the transbrake.

Bradco did my Powerglide and my converter and he's top notch. He's in Louisville.

I've also used Arnett's in Greenville, KY and they are great as well. They built me a killer TH350 for $1100. Had lots of trick parts in it. Give Thomas Arnett a call at 270-338-6325.

Brad can be reached at 502-955-6639.

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#11 Post by stracer859 » Wed Dec 07, 2005 9:50 pm

yeah i was thinkin bradco, i need to get the brake to release quicker, but ive never seen a pro tree brake for a th350. ill call brad when i get the thing out, i gotta get out of my lazy mood first

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