In my deep searching I am finding out that TCI is not the best system out there. It is unable to pull codes which is making this even more difficult.:mad2:
I got the trans from a junk yard. It had 95,000 miles on it. I had this set-up in my blazer for about a year. The problem did not start out real bad. It started out like the trans was just slipping a lil, and just got progressivly worse.
The fluid did not smell burnt but it was dirty. The level was full. I put in new shift solenoids and filter while I had it out. I check the converter by driving along and holding the break a little to make the converter unlock, and it did with no shuttering or any other irregular noises.
The 4L80E I swapped into my '87 k5 started acting like the converter was going bad the other day. Like it was slipping. But upon further diagnoses it is not the converter. When you put the truck in first the truck goes great shifts through all the gears. When you put the truck in second, it will...
OK guys in the next couple of weeks I am going to be pulling for the first time. Now I have read for hours on this stuff but I still got a couple of questions.
First off I know to use 4 lo 3rd gear, lower the t-bars quite a bit, and clamp the springs.
Now my first question. The track is red...