Recent content by Adam Whitman

I should add a long overdue update along with repeating thanks for all of the help to get this worked out. It has worked well enough that I moved on to other issues and forgot about it, but now I'm thinking it could be a bit more refined (and winter has about set in). I cleaned and reassembled...

OK, thank you, Steve. First, I am going to try Gil Younger and $32.95 :D I air-checked everything last night, checked band clearance and re-read my notes about most every spring and valve. I will compare the shift kit parts and instructions I get with what I have read and noted and assemble...

Thank you Steve. Dave was of your same thinking along with an inspection to ensure it didn't get any holes drilled or plugged as part of some of the TransGo kits. I think I'm going to peruse the instructions of the NoYoYo kit I ordered for the red spring and decide then whether or not to stick...

Boy, Dave is once again right. I have the NoYoYo kit installed that uses the tension-spring "spacer" described here: http://turbobuick.com/threads/weird-spring-and-kudos-to-david-husek.449130/#post-3740214 while not described in these instructions. Also found a broken "red spring" from the...

YAY!!! Thank you to both of you guys for your efforts, and the assistance!

But hey, at least I can see page 1 of the instructions on the google search. That's as good as I have seen so I am grateful for your effort so far.

That video is useless. It has no details whatsoever about the valve body. But I did watch it last night. it has a nice burnout for a commercial video.

I did that search too, and other than all of the photos from kit sellers, I found the same TB.com thread and this:

When? As mentioned, I have read in older posts that TransGo at one time had instructions on their website; to the best of my reading abilities, this is no longer true. I've looked using several different search terms and search engines. Nothing. I will be proud to humbly bow to your interweb...

Update: Several other gummed orange stuck valves and a little rust just as Dave Husek described. Cleaned valves and will scrub out the valve body this morning. Also discovered it has a Sk 200-4r shift kit (thanks to the included tag) with a broken 2-3 throttle valve spring; sure wish I had the...

Finally got this thing apart to look at it. Amazingly it appears that the simple problem was the problem; the 2-3 shift valve was stuck tight. I broke it loose and it seems to be fine now. Used the search and found where the 2 omitted check ball locations are. :D I counted but forgot to photo...

received the ATSG book today. That was a short read. The troubleshooting guide is short, no guidance on pressures, pressure tap location, nothing. Although it looks like a decent reference if I decide to take it apart and disassemble/ reassemble. The only common issue I can find for no 3 and 4...

ATRA book bought on ebay and on its way!

OK, so direct is unlikely too. Reverse feels every bit as solid as 1 and 2. If direct clutch were having issues it sounds like it should show up there, too. This is at least giving me small hope that the valve body isn't happy for some reason. Better than R&R and disassemble the trans.

Hm, so what does that leave for problems in the power-flow? Seems there would have to be multiple problems or could direct clutch cause both? Now on the hunt for a local pressure gauge setup. And the ATSG manual so I can start looking at fluid flow and the troubleshooting guide.