Duh-Star
it runs....sorta...
Good Day!
Thanks for all the help and tips in the past...your insight has made my 1972 Duster rebuild a ton of fun...
I recently installed a rebuilt 904 in my 360 powered Duster. I had Phil's Transmission in Mesa, Arizona do the install, a note on Phil's; Phil has rebuilt a number of trannies for me over the years....he is reliable and has a clean and very effective shop. I have never had a problem, ever, and Phil has always treated me well. I have never heard of a tranny leaving Phil's and having problems....that said....
My 904 had a -2 shift kit installed and rebuilt torque converter, I provided my engine build and cam card (mild cam with a dual plane intake, MSD, and unported "J" heads, full power steering and brakes and A/C) and also my anticipated rear end ratio at the end of my build. I told Phil to make it shift a bit stronger and up the stall speed just a bit. The tranny has been shifting great and today I was dialing in the kickdown (I wanted it to kickdown just after the secondaries open) and I had finally got it right. I tach'ed out second, let it shift up...opened the secondaries and it downshifted flawlessly and then tach'ed out second again with a hard shift and a little squeek from the rear tires.
Then that was it.....no power, no reverse, nothing. I have Park and everything else is Neutral.....coasted to a stop and my wife towed me home.
I checked the linkage, checked the kickdown, all good or so it seems...next weekend I will have to figure it out, until I can get the pan off or the thing out does anyone have any ideas or what to look for??
Note: I used Lucas 10418 Semi-Synthetic all makes transmission fluid. I had never tried it. I was talked into it by a friend who knows way more about drag racing than I do and he swore by the stuff. It is compatible with Dex-III although seemed a bit thin. However, it worked great...shifted strong and was at operational levels. The tranny has about 50 miles on it and functioned great...until now.
Thanks!
Thanks for all the help and tips in the past...your insight has made my 1972 Duster rebuild a ton of fun...
I recently installed a rebuilt 904 in my 360 powered Duster. I had Phil's Transmission in Mesa, Arizona do the install, a note on Phil's; Phil has rebuilt a number of trannies for me over the years....he is reliable and has a clean and very effective shop. I have never had a problem, ever, and Phil has always treated me well. I have never heard of a tranny leaving Phil's and having problems....that said....
My 904 had a -2 shift kit installed and rebuilt torque converter, I provided my engine build and cam card (mild cam with a dual plane intake, MSD, and unported "J" heads, full power steering and brakes and A/C) and also my anticipated rear end ratio at the end of my build. I told Phil to make it shift a bit stronger and up the stall speed just a bit. The tranny has been shifting great and today I was dialing in the kickdown (I wanted it to kickdown just after the secondaries open) and I had finally got it right. I tach'ed out second, let it shift up...opened the secondaries and it downshifted flawlessly and then tach'ed out second again with a hard shift and a little squeek from the rear tires.
Then that was it.....no power, no reverse, nothing. I have Park and everything else is Neutral.....coasted to a stop and my wife towed me home.
I checked the linkage, checked the kickdown, all good or so it seems...next weekend I will have to figure it out, until I can get the pan off or the thing out does anyone have any ideas or what to look for??
Note: I used Lucas 10418 Semi-Synthetic all makes transmission fluid. I had never tried it. I was talked into it by a friend who knows way more about drag racing than I do and he swore by the stuff. It is compatible with Dex-III although seemed a bit thin. However, it worked great...shifted strong and was at operational levels. The tranny has about 50 miles on it and functioned great...until now.
Thanks!