55.2-59 1958 Saab story

[gottattooz]

Sadly, no. I got my old account back at work which is second shift. By the time I get off work, it's too late to make noise in the garage. I planned on tackling the wipers over the weekend but the transmission went out on the Jeep. I went to Madkidd's house and we fine tuned the accuracy of the speedometer and adjusted the timing and idle because it would stall in low speed situations, mostly in parking lots and at stop lights.

A few weeks ago, I was heading home in the Jeep and the transcooler hose clamp broke and it spit out most of the transmission fluid on the interstate. I had it towed home, changed the filter and trans fluid. I don't know if the adage is true about transmission service by either change the filter at the proper intervals or don't change it at all because the dirt is the only thing holding it together. After the fluid and filter change (and 3 new hose clamps on each hose to the cooler), it shifted much better.

Coming home Saturday, I had to accelerate a little aggressively to merge into traffic. As it hit third gear, there was a huge 'bang' and it felt like it slipped into neutral. When I let off the gas, it caught and I carried on. Shortly after that incident, I made a left at a traffic light and as I accelerated out of the turn, it happened again. I pulled into a neighborhood and found out I lost all forward gears. I had reverse, and I seriously considered driving backwards the 1.5 miles I had to go home. Unfortunately the road I turned off of was a very busy pass through with no shoulder or room for error. We towed it home with a strap and I ordered a 2wd trans from mad dog transmissions. I'm getting out of the awd business. Hopefully it'll get better mileage as a 2wd and that's be the last original untouched piece of the original trailblazer drive train to be replaced or rebuilt.

-Josh

[dsraven]

man, that sucks.
good to hear you still moving forward.

[dsraven]

dont forget to install a trans cooler line filter or replace the cooler/rad. otherwise the crap from the old trans flushes back into your new trans and takes it out.