[elky] Re: Broken trans...
- From: John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:23:52 -0600
http://www.carcraft.com/techarticles/ccrp_0809_ls1_swap/index.html
http://www.carcraft.com/techarticles/ccrp_0409_gen_iii_ls1_new_generation_tech/index.html
I always look forward to the Car Craft magazine arriving. They have talked
about the swap a lot. There are more articles you can search for on the
site. This is A body stuff, but they may have some tips to help.
Thninking a lot more about a 700 vs. the 200 now. Not in a hurry to get rid
of the spare 200, in case I need it for the Monte.
JC
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John Christensen
Saint Charles, IL
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Robert Adams <ladams21@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Well the other day I fired up the elky and let it warm for a
> couple minutes and drove off. Prob is it's up an immediate 30* or so
> incline. Well with the cold fluid and short warm up in the cold and possible
> starving and sucking air going up the hill something broke.
>
> After a quick diagnosis it's front pump related. Either I
> broke a pump ring or I broke the pressure regulator spring. Neither are
> fatal to the trans at this point which is good.
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> I'll get it up on jack stands and maybe ramps(if I can in the
> garage) soon and get the pan off. I'll pull the pressure regulator valve in
> the car and see if that's the prob. Very unlikely as it's never that easy
> for me. Then I'll pull the trans and swap out front pumps. I have the one
> from my last trans that puked at 1K miles in the driveway. Good pump bad
> hard parts.
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> On the funny side... I had already ordered a drain plug before the
> trans broke. So it'll get installed then too. I always suck the fluid out
> before pulling the pan so it's pretty clean really.
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> But I have decided to do research into what It's going to take to
> put an LS engine in the elky. I don't mind fabbing mounts myself if I can
> come up with dimensions. So if anyone has any good install pics and links
> shoot them my way. Most likely will look at 5.3 truck engines and get the
> accy brackets for an F or Y body. If a 6.0 is a good deal then that's good
> too. I could prob get 25MPG with the 5.3 in the elky. Dunnow about the 6.0
> They get barely 12 in the pre DOD 3/4 tons.
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> Robert Adams
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