Or, you could just scrap that dodge and buy an Imperial!
Chris
72 Lebaron
71 Lebaron
etc,etc.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Gathmann" <jim_gathmann@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "3.3 3.3" <mopar33lv6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "ImperialList ImperialList"
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Cc: "EEK EEK" <eek@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 11:08 PM
Subject: IML: Fun Again
> Well, tonight I had to take the car out for a drive.
>
> The weather had been nice all day, warm enough so that
> I could actually wash my car (for the first real time
> since around sept.). Just had to get all that road
> salt off:(
>
> Took me about 9 hours to clean up, and when I was done
> I grabed the fancy grill I picked up for the Dynasty
> and restored it and painted it (metalic gold).
>
> Got the grill on after it dried, and I was out to have
> fun with the car. Temperatures warm enough to prevent
> the ol' A604's 7176 from being sluggish, yet not warm
> enough to cook the tranny or anything else.
>
> Did a fast acceleration at a light... car stopped
> accelerating, kept getting spark, problem was the
> tranny. Back into limp mode (urg!). Was in and out of
> limp mode for the whole 15 minute drive home.
>
> Been thinking about my possible problems, here's what
> I'm down to...
> 1) I know I blew reverse to kindom come, it's possible
> that I've got parts of reverse floating around in
> there, causing problems with foward drives and putting
> me in limp mode.
> 2) The speed sensor(s) may be off, putting me into
> limp mode, or some other electrical issue
> 3) I have reason to believe that my tranny cooler is
> clogged and is baking the tranny at times
> 4) I have also sprung a 7176 leak somewhere (and that
> stuff is expensive for tranny fluid!).
>
> So I'm in a bind. If I get a rebuild or replace the
> tranny, that throws a monkey wrench the size of the
> moon in the car budget for this year, which means all
> my other cool ideas would be put off for a significant
> amount of time.
>
> OR, I could use an external tranny cooler (so I know
> the one being used isn't clogged) with an inline
> filter, have a local shop check the TCM for codes and
> have them flush my tranny's fluids, fix the leak (if
> possible) and clean out any parts of reverse floating
> around in there, and have them check all the A604
> electronics. Then, just MAYBE, I may be able to keep
> the tranny running (so long I stay out of reverse)
> until next summer (not this coming summer, but the one
> after). I may also have the dealer stick a new
> soloniod pack in there as well, as I'm pretty sure
> mine is at least half way clogged for most of the
> forward gears/drives.
>
> Figure the $200 in parts, plus maybe 100-200 in labor
> for the fix attempts would be cheaper then the $300+
> for a replacement tranny and the $300-700 to swap the
> two, and either would be cheaper then the $1800-3k for
> a rebuild.
>
> On the plus side, if I do end up replacing the tranny,
> the external filter & cooler can be used still, so
> that cost is not in vain, and I'd have the old tranny
> to play around with. I'm thinking I might be able to
> get a 3 spd for the 3.0 and cut off the bell housing
> to see if I can re-attach it to the A604's and vise
> versa... thus giving me a 3 spd which could bolt onto
> the 3.3- OR, I could grab a A606 and see if I can
> squeeze it's internals into the A604 (and by the way,
> I found out what makes the A606 stronger- it uses a
> drive chain as opposed to whatever the A604 uses, or
> so said someone in one of the allpar forumns).
>
> All I can say is OUCH! There goes my money I had lined
> up for the supercharger, MS parts, and side pipes!
> Maybe if I got a 3rd and 4th job........
>
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