Could you hear me cussing my 700R4 last night?

I have a new 700R4 in my truck and Saturday I had the transmission guy come over and set the TV cable and it drove and shifted perfect. So last night I take my barefooted 80 year old Mother for a ride and the first time I test the kickdown, it downshifts to first and as I let off of it and it should upshift to second I hear a noise ( not metal sounding) and it stays in first, so I coast off the main road and limp home in first. I checked the cable position when I got home and everything was the same as Saturday. From what I have read it could be the TV valve is stuck or the governor gear. I am still hoping to make it to the "Day of the Drags" so could someone point me in the right direction of what to check first?
Thanks,
Kathy

 

yah i heard you cussing sumthin fierce down here in rosarito. theres this thing on the back of the transmissiion looks like half a ball, you can pry it out and theres this thing in there that spins with some wieghts and springs. i cut the springs in mine to make it shift harder or stay in gear a little longer, i think the shift kit had a little thing in its book for it. so if the weights are stuck in then it may stay in gear. this was 11 years ago when i was 16 sooo? you did check the sift linkage and binding in the cable or broke cable im ***umeing

 

Wow! Didn't know I was that loud! HA! Shift linkage was fine and the TV cable still had spring tension when I pulled on it. So you think the governor.

 

kinda sounds like 4 spd time

 

I bailed on my 2004r and went with a th350 so I could have one less potential problem for DotD. I didn't like it, but I'm driving it as of today. Hope you get squared away.

 

I had a 84 Corvette do that....stripped plastic gear, speedo as I recall---changed it in about 5 minutes. Problem solved.

 

i would pull out the governor and check to see if it's not sticking or the drive gear broke

 

By the time it got to Oklahoma it was basically a shrilling hum with an evil undertone.

 

I vote for the governor as well. It has those archaic looking flyweights on it that swing out at a certain RPM to keep the ****** from self destructing if you hang it out in low too long. It comes out easily enough and something should be stuck or broken on it. Look for the flyweights to be rotated outward.

Bob

 

I was getting ready to say what Ryan said. We build a few of them a month and almost always have to snap the cable half a dozen times before it acts right once its sat longer than a day or two with out fluid.

Jon

 

Ok, thanks guys! I will try to snap the cable first and then the governor, if needed.
Kathy

 

You guys were right! Stuck TV valve - snapped it six times and went for a ride. WOOHOO! The power of the HAMB amazes me. Thanks!

 

BTW: That half round thing with the weights in it is the governor. English chaps would call it the gavanah.

 

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That has to be the all time funniest line ever on here!!

Watch it or you'll get a big head. Good call boss.


jerry