Well i hate to hear of your bad luck. But i do know that the guy who has his whole restoration documented at www.72chevelle.com had a complete feul delevery system (forgot name and type but it is on the web site) that he had installed for a while (once again i forgot the time frame but it is all on the site) and it was never used as he was doing a frame off and he managed to convince to company to refund all of his money. So it can be done if you do decide to deal with the original company i am sure you can work something out with them. Michael
>From: "Mark Weber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [Chevelle-List] Restoring Problem, Transmission Bad. >Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 16:47:14 -0500 > >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 > > > _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
