Recent content by Paul Martin

Well, David you were 100% right. The OD sprag was indeed the issue. Again, thanks so much for your help on this, you guys on this board are AMAZING! I should have the caddy all fixed up and on the road again by Friday. No more OD launches!

Oh, thank you so much, that makes sense. I've always had manual gearboxes until now, never knew that about od... Now I get why oems had a button on some of the od transmissions for the od. I just assumed that being a non-lock up keeping it in od was fine. You guys rock, I haven't slept well all...

ok one more and I'm off to bed, have to work tomorrow... But I thought I might give you some pix of my baby.

One more note so I'm clear here. In d, 2, or 1 if I flash stall off a stand still, right now, over 2700, I will still burn rubber, just as normal, I have not done a full power pull since the failure, but I can tell, in d, 2 or 1 she feels normal. I can, from past experience, stall her up to 2800...

Note: feel is similar, aka like a clutch engaging on a manual, but in od or r its a constant 90% clutch in feel. If I'm in d, 2 or ,1 it's the normal, progressive release I'm used to with this transmission when it was not unhappy. One thing is, cpt set the governor to my specified 6500 wot shift...

It only slips when in in the selection of od or reverse, and slips quite badly. On a flat surface it's rev-ing up to 3k before any movement at all, and that movement is super reduced, just like an on a manual when the clutch is mostly engaged. In drive aka 3rd, it does not seem to slip... Well...

Yeah, Monday I start with the line pressure test at the transmission shop. However, if the od clutch is blown, how does that also kill reverse? I looked at the diagram of all the components and I don't see any od and r cross over usage. Now I will state, I am a transmission novice, and have...

Hi Everyone, First a little background, I have a 1951 Cadillac Series 62 Sedan "resto-mod" daily driver/hot rod. The motor is a SBC 355 with AFR Vortec street level heads, roller rockers, Lunati Voodoo roller cam, 10.97 CR, Holley Terminator TB-EFI system, a CPT (the real Art Carr) 200-4r...