Soft shift BRF

[Gary Hairfield]

I have an 87 Turbo Limited in San Diego. I bought the car with 127000 miles
on it last winter. The car had a dead fuel pump(not making any horsepower for a long time)
and a trans slip when I purchased it. I adjusted the TV cable and that took care of it while it had no horsepower.
I then put a Fuel pump in and figured out the trans slips under boost(1-2 shift takes 1.5 seconds to lock and 2-3 takes .5 second to lock) everything else is perfect. I finally called Bruce Recently and he sent me a care package (Shift Kit plus 1-2 accumulator Seal and spring
etc, the pressure reg set and a book on this thing. I pulled the pan Last night to do the kit and first pulled the 1-2 accumulator down and found that the seal on the accumulator was shrunk up and not sealing. So I decided to do the seal and the spring set up Bruce sent and try it like that. Well I was amazed that 90% of my 1-2 **** problem was gone.Now the 1-2 and 2-3 shift
lock down in about .5 seconds(not perfect but now close). After living with this for 9 months
I really feel stupid for not jumping in sooner.
So the question I now have especially for Bruce is do I need to go for broke and do all
the work(pressure Reg,Plate etc.) or part to get it the rest of the way.

By the way I put this question here in hope someone out there might benefit from this
info.

also I seldom post but often read and benefit from everyone on this forum and I want to
say thanks.

Gary Hairfield

 

[WE4]

Go ahead....

Finish the job. It should go from "ok" as you say to "awesome". We can dream can't we? Seriously, try it and report how it turns out. But I bet your smiling........

 

[Gary Hairfield]

Thanks Bruce

I put the rest of the kit in and it was actually too firm. So I talked to Bruce and
he recommended I take the shift kit shim out of the TV boost valve and try it and it is GREAT!
This car now spins the tire on the 1-2 shift and is firm but not rude when cruising.

This car actually went to my local tranny guy at which nothing was accomplished.
I kept hearing the trans is worn out but I bought the car with the original fuel pump in it and I can assure you it hadn't made any horsepower in a long time so I kept holding out for another answer. I can say that the help I got from Bruce was A+ and worth every penny.
I only wish I had called sooner.

Thanks Again Bruce,
Gary