[Chevelle-list] 700R4??????????

[Tom Rightler]

Was the TV cable hooked up correctly??  If it wasn't, it will kill the 
tranny in about 15 minutes of driving.

Tom Rightler
MCC Newsletter Editor
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Mascheck" <mascheck at intertex.net>
To: "'The Chevelle Mailing List'" <chevelle-list at chevelles.net>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 9:02 PM
Subject: [Chevelle-list] 700R4??????????


> The 46 Chevy truck I bought has a 700R4 trany in it, that just bit the big
> one. They put another 700R4 and it just died as well Sunday. Smoke was
> pouring out the back.
>
> I'm curious to know any info about the 700 R4 trany you might have or any
> sights that give detailed info on it. It's hooked up to a LT1 1996 Camaro
> Engine with the Aluminum heads. For riding around it seem like a good 
> trany
> to use, but the first one went out because the builder had a cooling
> radiator under the bed where little cooling could take place! I bought a
> large B&M Super Cooler trany radiator with fan which is mounted in the 
> lower
> front grill. I know it's overkill, but better safe than sorry. I also 
> bought
> the large B&M aluminum finned pan which holds three extra quarts of oil to
> help cool the trany.
>
> Well, got it out of the shop, and yesterday took it for a spin. It drove 
> so
> good! For a while I was a happy camper until the trany puked on the return
> home!  This morning the trany is slipping and now it has no reverse. They
> will replace the trany with another 700R4.
>
> The trany is the manual 700 R4 without electronics. I'm wondering if it's
> better to spend the bucks and upgrade to the electronic version. I was 
> told
> by Nick at Street & Performance that the older model 700 R4 was a stouter
> trany. Any opinions? Should I try something else, assuming it adapts?
>
> The trany is from Jasper. Until now I knew nothing about them, but was 
> told
> they were a large supplier and had a good reputation. I was planning on
> going with Phoenix, TCI or someone else, but the mechanic was behind the
> Jasper trany and said they have a great warranty! Any opinion about 
> Jasper?
>
> Dan Mascheck
> Wharton, TX
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