goin to see a supposed 2004r brf..............need advice

[GNFURY]

I'm goin to see a used tranny, need to figure out if it in fact a brf code trans. do I just check the tag on the back for a BR? Or should I check that, and also pull the pan off and inspect the valve body? It is supposed to have pink paint on it, and say BR also, right?

 

[petesgn]

My 86 trans had white paint with BR on it
Blue tag on the out side with BRF


87 had a yellow tag with BRF

with a servo cover #8635694

 

[2quiktocare]

Make sure the valve body is in fact marked with the ink as a brf. If not, its another story. Mark

 

[HOTTOGO]

if no ink marks as they do washed off some times, check for two pressure switches.

 

[BlackBandit]

Originally posted by HOTTOGO
if no ink marks as they do washed off some times, check for two pressure switches.

Do you mean the electric things on the valve body!?

 

[HOTTOGO]

yep

 

[Blown&Injected]

Look at this http://www.gnttype.org/techarea/pictureguides/tranny/transguide.html

I thought the VB was painted BR3; with the number being 1,2, or 3.

My non BR VB has two pressure switches, are there some with more or less?

 

[MeanBuicks]

Originally posted by HOTTOGO
if no ink marks as they do washed off some times, check for two pressure switches.

Furthermore, take a look at what's stamped on the ends of the aluminum throttle valve sleeves.

These sleeves are shown in the bottom half of this illustration.

Starting with the 2-3 TV sleeve, closest to the manual valve, it's stamped '21' on a BR and '19' on a BQ. The next is the 1-2 TV sleeve. It's stamped '15' on both BR and BQ valve bodies.

The 3-4 sleeve will be stamped 'F' on the BR & BQ units.

The Monte SS valve body, which is similar to the BR & BQ Buick units are stamped:

2-3: '9'
1-2: '15'
3-4: 'K'