The time has come. New trans time.

[ellis93]

I'm fixing to swap to it, I want to see how it does in the 82

[cmann250]

I still have one nagging issue though. Has anyone heard of direct clutch feed restrictors being used in a diesel application? I have a hydraulic chirp when I turn left. It makes perfect sense because the direct feed port is on the left (IIRC) and all the fluid would be falling away from it during a turn. Reasonable theory? I'd rather not pull the VB when everything is working so well if that's not it.

I'm still having that problem. It's a hydraulic chirp usually followed by a sudden neutral condition lasting 2 seconds tops and then it grabs again. It still only happens when turning left. The chirp went away for a few days and came back, but the sudden neutral has persisted.

I have the VB out now and did not find any restrictors in the case. I can't swap VBs because my other does not have a shift kit and it is not known to be good either. I'll reassemble it and if it still does it, it'll remain a mystery until it bugs me enough to ear into it again.

[ellis93]

I'd add a little fluid and see if it goes away,if not then look elsewhere

[PToombs]

Send Tom a PM or if you have his number call him.

[cmann250]

Send Tom a PM or if you have his number call him.

I have the number he had when he was here in Indiana, but I don't know if he's changed it to a Tennessee number or not. I guess I'll find out.

[txs]

Caleb, just found this thread addition, I don't remember ever having seen a circuit restrictor in a case, the pressure feeds from pump through case into the vb. Any restricting needs done can and is done by the dozens of holes in the separator plate and valve body. A pressurized circuit don't care which way g force comes from. Sounds like suction side problem, check all vb, transfer plate, case interfaces for nicks or dents. lower body to filter and lower body to plate interface also.

[txs]

thread addendum,just went back and read first couple pages of this epistle, you working on 727, so forget that about lower body check, you should have spacer between the filter and the transfer plate, that's where i'd look first, it don't even hurt anything to use very sparing amount of silicone sealer between the spacer and the transfer plate.

[DodgeFreak]

He swapped over to a 518 trans.

[cmann250]

Tom, come back to Indiana please!

I do have a 518. I have had the VB in and out now 3 times since I originally installed the trans. I've never disassembled the VB. So it sounds like you're telling me that something inside the VB could be misaligned? I'll have to check that.

Thanks!

[PToombs]

Toldja

[DodgeFreak]

which shift kit did you use?

[cmann250]

which shift kit did you use?

Transgo TFOD-Diesel

[DodgeFreak]

Did that one not replace check balls??? I've done one of each and I can't remember if it was the diesel or the hd2 that you had to replace check balls and a separator plate

[cmann250]

Did that one not replace check balls??? I've done one of each and I can't remember if it was the diesel or the hd2 that you had to replace check balls and a separator plate

I replaced one check ball with their "cherry bomb". I think I changed both plates. I'd have to look at the instructions again.

[cmann250]

Ellis is on to something. Last week I checked fluid and it was reading full on the dip stick. I added some and was "overfull" but it does not chirp or disengage nearly as often. However the dip stick and tube are from my old 727. Follow along my wild train of thought, if you can.

The 727 dip stick would not account for the fluid the lower VB displaces. The lower VB (and the spacer for the deep pan) would push the true "full" mark up the dipstick. The reading over full would mean that in reality it is just full.

Logical?