new tranny dosent want to go into reverse...

[Vendor Defendor]

the new tranny i built and put in my car dosent seem to go into reverse... it does sometimes, but it seems like something isnt right, it backs up, but it takes a lot of RPM's to get it to..

but then i noticed later that when i was messing with it, i put it in reverse, and it like banged into gear... so maybe the shifter linkage is screwed up?

then i have leaks... i know where one is, but i cant get to it right now, its the upper cooler line.. i have to get the car back into the air to adjust that one.. i am not that skinny...

then it is also leaking around the pan... i tryed tighting all the bolts, but it dosent seem to want to stop leaking.. maybe i put too much fluid in??? its right on the mark on the dipstick, so i dont know.

then, i cant seem to adjust the TV cable... i try to push in that little button, but no such luck.. it likes it where it is.. maybe i am doing something wrong, but i was going by what the page said from gnttype.org..

it shifts ok... i think i would like it firmer, but i havent had a chance to get on it.. car is almost out of gas, and i dont want to chance running out of gas just because i want to see how the tranny shifts at WOT...

do you have any solutions to any of these problems? any help is greatly apperciated.

-Neil

 

[Otto J]

If you had the valves out of hte pump ypu may have installed the 1-2 reverse boost valve incorrectly.
Otto

 

[Nordbert]

The brass fitting for your top line is probably worn at the seat.
My top line was leaking last week. The end of the line looked good, so I changed the fitting. No more leak! You may also have a tear in the seal for the dipstick tube.

 

[Just a Six??]

Regarding TV Cable. Mine was real hard to push in the D shaped thing to make adjustments. I used a vice grip and a nut to push it in then lots of wd-40 and now its fine. just do it a few times to unstick it!