I need
some opinion from some other people about a problem I have with the transmission
in my 71 BBC SS I am restoring.
The
background: Bought rebuilt TH700r4 that was built to stand high horsepower and
torque during summer of 2001, installed into frame and it sat for about 1
year. Did not get the body on the frame until spring 2002, and did not get
the car on drivable (hood on, aligned, insured etc) until June 2002. With
only 150 miles on the car, the torque converter blew up during a 2 - 3 shift
last Friday and pumped metal through the trans. During the
previous 150 miles, the shifts were pretty soft. It has shift kits and
many other components that were supposed to give it a good firm shift. A
trans shop I talked to this week said a weak pump would cause low pressure and
mushy shifts. I suspect that was a problem too.
The
problem: The company I bought it from says that's too bad. The
warrantee was 6 months and they have to stick to this. They offered
to rebuild it and put parts in for cost and go easy on the labor charges if
I ship it to them, 2000 miles away.
I am
not an unreasonable person. I halfway understand where they are coming
from with having to draw a line somewhere. Does anybody else have a
similar experience with a problem that showed up later due to a long restoration
time period? Or, is this just bad luck and that's the way it
is?
I
don't think I got anything in writing about starting the warrantee once the car
is drivable. I will check my email box at work tomorrow though, maybe
there is something there.
I have
not talked to the owner of the place yet. But the guy I did talk to supposedly
got his instructions from the owner.
Guess
I need to whine to somebody. Bummed because I can see the first 150
miles I put on the car ending up costing $6.67 per mile for
transmission repair alone :(
Does
anybody have any advise?
Thanks
for listening.
Mark
71
SS
