Re: [Chrysler300] It's getting embarrasing.

[Jim Pristelski <ajp002@xxxxxxxxx>]

Years ago, when I was willing to tackle any automotive problem, I had a
similar experience.  I rebuilt my wife's 1966 Buick 2-speed auto tranny,
but had one check ball left over.  Net result: the transmission would not
shift up from first to drive unless the shift lever was manually moved from
L to D.  I got a Buick manual and found where that check ball was located
in the shift assembly.  Then it worked fine.

Jim in northern IL


On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 6:58 PM, Ray Jones <1970hurst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Let me add this from back in the day.
> Way too many years ago, while working in a Dealership which had American
> Motors, we had a transmission problem with some of them.
> Don't remember what it was, but we had to rebuild quite a few. They were
> Mopar 727's, somewhat changed to their spec's.
> My buddy on the next lift called me over when I got back from road-testing
> the one I just finished and told me he was stuck.
> He had a shift problem and had just pulled the valve body out again after
> the 4th road-test, having the same problem with each test.
> having just finished my O/H, I looked at the Valve body and pointed out to
> him that one check ball was in the wrong place.
> He had not realized it and each time it went back together the same way
> with the same results.
> Moved the ball over to the correct passage and it was perfect on the final
> test.
>
> Point being that there may be something very simple wrong, and unnoticed.
> Don will get it right, I'm sure.
> Ray
>
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 12:30 PM, <kmaniak@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> >
> > Thomas:
> >
> > Well said and I couldn't agree more.
> >
> >
> > Chris, the K MANIAC
> > Concord, California
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: DeBusk Thomas L. <tleed@xxxxxxxx>
> > To: Ron Waters <ronbo97@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Chrysler300 <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sun, Aug 18, 2013 6:30 am
> > Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] It's getting embarrasing.
> >
> > Brandt,
> > Add my voice to those who say it's time to move on. I'm an attorney and
> > enough
> > f a shade-tree mechanic to say you probably don't have or need to
> initiate
> > a
> > egal problem and you don't have a mechanical problem. You have a personal
> > roblem, and perhaps a financial problem. Apparently you have a sufficient
> > ersonal connection to this transmission rebuilder to think you need to
> > stick
> > ith him. Maybe it's just as simple as the fact that you think he's
> > invested
> > nough time on the task and he's done enough of it with sufficient
> > attention to
> > etail to warrant your continued trust and patronage. Or maybe he's a
> > personal
> > riend you don't want to insult him by packing up and leaving. And perhaps
> > ou're too personally involved with him to consider "demanding" your money
> > back.
> > ell, consider this:
> > A while back I had problems with the Velvet Drive transmission in my
> boat.
> > It
> > verheated and broke down. It's a very common transmission in inboard
> boats
> > and
> > ebuild kits are relatively cheap. With the expert assistance of an
> > extremely
> > opar-savvy professional mechanic and personal friend, I rebuilt it.
> Twice.
> > One
> > ime I did most of the work, and one time my friend did most of it. It
> > didn't
> > ast long either time. In the course of the work, my friend told me the
> > ransmission looked very similar to a typical small Chrysler automatic of
> > the
> > ame era, so I had a lot of confidence in his work.
> > But when it failed the second time, I decided I needed something more
> > reliable
> > nd I shipped it to Florida (I'm in Virginia) to be rebuilt by a boat
> > ransmission specialist. It just so happened that the Florida guy was a
> > brother
> > o someone I know here in VA, so I had a lot of confidence in him as well.
> > Once
> > e took my transmission apart, he told me it had been subjected to so much
> > heat,
> > he internal tolerances to too many parts were beyond acceptable limits
> and
> > it
> > asn't worth rebuilding. He said it wouldn't last, no matter how well it
> > was
> > rebuilt" because the typical rebuild kits didn't contain all the parts
> > that
> > ere defective in my transmission. He offered instead to sell me a new,
> > eavier-duty version of my transmission. As I recall, I think that was
> > about
> > 1800. Ouch! My rebuild kits were about $100. But that transmission is
> > still
> > orking just fine. I don't think my local Mopar-mechanic was insincere or
> > specially incompetent. He did very careful work. But the truth is
> > he wasn't knowledgeable enough about THIS PARTICULAR TRANSMISSION to
> > recognize
> > he out-of-tolerance parts and realize it wasn't salvageable.
> > Your situation sounds similar. Apparently your transmission rebuilder is
> > missing
> > omething important. You are now contemplating an advanced educational
> > training
> > ffort where the textbook is the correct original manual, and the class
> > xperiment is your transmission. But the sad truth is that the tuition YOU
> > HAVE
> > LREADY PAID to educate this rebuilder isn't enough to guarantee him a
> > ufficient profit to make the exercise financially successful, either from
> > your
> > oint of view or his. He's already spent more time than it's worth on this
> > one
> > ransmission, and you still have a mostly dead patient. And it's entirely
> > ossible that the problem he's missing in your transmission might not be
> > found
> > n that particular manual. If so, you're still on a track that's very
> > likely to
> > esult in continued failure. That doesn't necessarily make him a bad guy.
> > But I
> > on't think continuing to work with him is a sound choice.
> > From what you've written, it's probably not helpful to doubt his
> sincerity
> > or
> > uestion his intentions either. But that's not the same as admitting that
> > he
> > ust doesn't know enough right now to identify what's going wrong with
> your
> > ransmission and correct it. He's just human, and right now that means
> this
> > one
> > s beyond him. Time to get a second opinion. Pack it up and send it away.
> > Don
> > erity could be a good choice...
> > Thomas DeBusk
> > n Aug 17, 2013, at 11:27 PM, Ron Waters <ronbo97@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Brandt -
> >
> > You hired this guy to fix/rebuild your transmission. He failed to
> > adequately
> > do the job. You've brought it back to him three or more times already and
> > it's still not right. Time to get a refund and send it off to someone
> that
> > can do the job.
> >
> > Ron
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Brandt Jimerson" <brandt300g@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 6:49 PM
> > Subject: [Chrysler300] It's getting embarrasing.
> >
> > Hi to all again. Hard to start off my usual way but Melissa is still a
> > 'problem tranny child'! Ha...Even after correctly adjusting the linkage
> it
> > is still a problem. For the first 30 minutes of driving as I said before,
> > it
> > is okay. However, after that, if I floor it from a dead stop it stays in
> > gear to long and of course, kickdowns, the wrong ones, happen at too fast
> > of
> > a speed. I will say this though...Thanks to the group my G is the fastest
> > that it has EVER been! Don't get me wrong...Melissa really needed it.
> > Thanks
> > to Bob J. and the group! Anyways I stayed off the listserver for a while
> > because I was a little embarrased, but I can't save my face and my %$s at
> > the same time so here it goes: I need to ask Greg for my money back or
> > have
> > him take her apart all the way, and start with the correct book. Can
> > someone
> > please assist me to obtaining a pamphlet or booklet on the correct way to
> > rebuild the letter car trans, not the New Yorker? Do I
> > need the 1960 Chrysler/Imperial book? Will that info given to Greg be
> > sufficient? I seem to have misplaced my '60 manual but I do Have my '61.
> > Do
> > I need '60? Another question, can the torque converter hub runout be
> > incorrect!? I remember someone bringing that to question at one time and
> > maybe I should have looked closer into that. If so, Greg needs to know
> > that.
> > Greg needs to rebuild by the book, or my $ back! I hope that doesn't
> > become
> > 'interesting' but I know he can also follow instructions because he did a
> > GRET job the linkage adjustment. The anti-stall unit was even in the
> > correct
> > position.
> > .....Anyways, I need help and I also need to remember how great this club
> > is
> > so I shouldn't really feel embarrased, it's just time for me to get this
> > tranny fixed once and for all. This has been going on for a couple of
> > years
> > now and as a good member told me, it's time to move on!! :-)
> >
> > Sincerely & 300ly, Brandt H J with yes, a G.
> >
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