Low line pressure and more power

Low line pressure and more power

04-11-2008, 10:25 PM

#1 (permalink)

cerberusiam

Offline
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: McDonough GA Posts: 4,548 Photo Gallery Old Reader's Rigs Gallery

Low line pressure and more power

Just a little idea of what happens when you ignore your transmission.

Woops! I think I found the shifting problem.

New type of steel. Its wavy to take up extra slack in the stack.

Uh oh! More parts!

I think this would the source of the problem.

IE shaft on the left, stock on the right.

New TC (1700 rpm stall ~ 89% efficiency) to test out that new Opie shaft.

The damage evidently has been ongoing from the looks of the clutch packs. I would say sometime in the last 50k the lack of line pressure and extra power had its way with it, DTT shift enhancer aside. The transmission has been flawless til one day it did not want to shift into drive.

On the positive side, it quit at home and NOT when I was dragging a trailer to North Carolina and back.

Should have it back on the road this weekend to do some testing and square the tires up again.

__________________
1992 LE D250, Silver/Gray, 47RH, 3.54 Dana 70 LSD, modified HX35 16cm housing, 370's, ISSPRO Gauges, Piston lift pump

2005 3500 SRW 4x4 QC LWB 3.73 Big Horn, 48RE Performance TC Opie Transgo, TracRite, ISSPRO Gauges, Smarty, 285/75-17 Toyo AT

Non members can only view the initial post on threads more than 7 days old. There are 4 additional replies on this thread that you could view if you were a member.

TDR Membership offers many benefits including:

4 issues of the TDR magazine per year including these columns:
- Tailgating - A Letter From The Editor
- Letter Exchange - Responses From The Readers
- Member2Member - Members' Solutions To Members' Questions
- Technical Topics - Service/Parts Update
- First Generation - Owner-Specific Articles On The '89 - '93 Dodge Diesel Trucks
- 12-Valve Engines - Owner-Specific Articles On The '94 - '98.5 12-Valve Dodge Diesel Trucks
- 24-Valve Engines - Owner-Specific Articles On The '98.5 - '02 24-Valve Dodge Diesel Trucks
- Third Generation - Owner-Specific Articles On The '03 And Newer Dodge Diesel Trucks
- Blowin' In The Wind - Industry News
- Shadetree - Back To The Basics
- Celebrity Corner - The Shadetree Mechanic - Sam Memmolo
- From The Shop Floor - Tips From Turbo Diesel Repair Shops
- Products Showcase - Featured Products
- TDRelease - Vendor Press Releases
In many areas of the country a local chapter with events
A yearly printed copy of the TDR Travel companion listing approximately 700 TDR members across the country willing to help you if you have trouble on the road
Complete access to the TDR website including:
- Ability to do advanced searches over 1.1 million posts
- Access to members only forums (Truck 911, FAQ Forums, Discontinued parts support, Rigs spotted, Pay it forward, Other, and Political)
- Posting ability to the forums
- Ability to read an unlimited number of posts from the forums
- Can customize your forum list to your interests
- Can choose 1st, 2nd, 3rd gen, or rotating header graphics
- Limit searches to forums your interested in
- View posts since you last logged on
- Private message ability to other members
- Chat room access
- Diesel truck specific TSB listing by model year
- Online access to the Travel Companion database (with most current information)