Honey, I blew up the trans...

GJUK · Post by **GJUK** » Wed Sep 09, 15 11:16 pm

autofetish wrote:Burn out in 1st gear ?????

2nd is the only way

Guy told me that you never do a burn out in 1st, I can't remember why but something about things breaking. Why is this please?

drewcrane · Post by **drewcrane** » Wed Sep 09, 15 11:34 pm

GJUK wrote:
autofetish wrote:Burn out in 1st gear ?????

2nd is the only way
Guy told me that you never do a burn out in 1st, I can't remember why but something about things breaking. Why is this please?

Yep broke the sprag in mine doing it in 1st

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Wed Sep 09, 15 11:37 pm

Correct, and then the front drum spins up to twice Engine speed and becomes a cast Iron hand grenade....

GJUK · Post by **GJUK** » Thu Sep 10, 15 9:32 am

(sorry to derail the thread) so burnouts in D or 2 or 3? But not 1 ?

Thank you.

Jon

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Thu Sep 10, 15 9:43 am

Burn out in 2 or 3 not D

GJUK · Post by **GJUK** » Thu Sep 10, 15 9:45 am

Thank you.

Dave81 · Post by **Dave81** » Thu Sep 10, 15 1:22 pm

Pete wrote:Correct, and then the front drum spins up to twice Engine speed and becomes a cast Iron hand grenade....

Yep.....remember a thread about this issue some years back. In some cases the trans has exploded in first with such ferocity it has ripped through the floor taking out legs and other gory stuff.

Trans shield anyone..........

MilesnMiles · Post by **MilesnMiles** » Thu Sep 10, 15 5:04 pm

Talking of which, is there any reason not to manual shift and Bananarama! in first gear up the strip? I only ask as my 727 has a short shifting 1-2 so I manual shift it if I'm "playing'
Burn outs always in second, though.

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Sat Sep 12, 15 8:30 am

MilesnMiles · Post by **MilesnMiles** » Sun Sep 13, 15 5:03 pm

Impressive!
Anyway, spoke to Blue; burn outs in second and Bananarama! in first if manual shifting, no problem.

Prothed · Post by **Prothed** » Mon Dec 14, 15 2:24 pm

On the road again!

After cleaning out the TC and cooler
and putting the new trans in (I needed another pair of hands for this - but it was a lot easier to lift the trans first and then put the TC in)
and refitting the pipework (and mending one of the oil lines)
and refilling it with ATF (Tip - you cant fill it all in one go or you get fluid all over the floor)
and fitting new UJs to the prop (and double-checking the f***ing C-clips)

I finally went out this morning and it works!!

The shift points are a bit high on light throttle (1-2 about 20mph, 2-3 about 40mph) so some adjustment still needed...

Thanks to Pete and Roydon for sourcing the trans.

Need something else to do now.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Mon Dec 14, 15 5:09 pm

Very pleased you got it sorted!

New project? Blower???

rogthedodge · Post by **rogthedodge** » Wed Dec 16, 15 4:47 pm

Nobodys mentioned the prop.mine was out of balance and split the tailshaft housing.could this not be a contributing factor?did the car have any previous vibration Dave?

rogthedodge · Post by **rogthedodge** » Wed Dec 16, 15 4:51 pm

Nobody,s mentioned the propshaft. mine was out of balance and split the tailshaft housing.could this not be a contributing factor?did the car have any vibration Dave?

Prothed · Post by **Prothed** » Thu Dec 17, 15 4:09 pm

Hi Roger. Yes and no. I used to get a lot of vibration from the prop, so a year or two back I had it balanced and that improved things a lot - but it is still not perfect.

The strangest thing is that at some speeds you can feel the vibrations sort of fade in and out... about once per second or so...

However, it is never that bad (it doesn't shake the steering or rattle your teeth) so my feeling is that somehow the front UJ lost a c-clip, then the cap worked its way off, then it went bang.

Mopar Muscle Association UK

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