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Hi, ...dad -
I have a TransKing converter. They just cut it open yesterday to check it out. They said that there was no evidence that any of the parts in the converter were the source of the metal particles that scored some rings and the pump.
I had them adjust (?) and/or change some parts in it to bring it from (an advertised) 2500 stall to about a 2100 stall. (With well over 500 ft-lbs. below the old stall, we figure that the true stall was between 2800-3000 and it would be generating a lot of heat at any speed below 90 mph. Now, it may be 'locked up' at around 60 mph). Unfortunately, the source of the metal parts will remain a mystery. The only remaining source that I can think of (assuming the honesty of all who have examined it) is the outfit that originally moved my cooler from the front to the rear. They would have had to drain the fluid and replaced the fluid after they placed the cooler in their "god-awful" location. They may have used contaminated fluid - ??? (It was moved again - to its present location - but I trust the person who did that to have used fresh fluid (but one never knows). It was shifting a little differently after the first move (and subsequent overheating), but not any differently after the final move and 2 subsequent overheats.
Here's hoping.
By the way, I plan to drive near Strongville (on I-90) on my way from Detroit to Watkins Glen on Oct. 3. Should be around there about noon - ??? Maybe we can link up for a few minutes.
Regards,
Frank
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