Technical 700R4 TROUBLE

JUST FINISHED GETTING EVERYTHING BACK TOGETHER IN MY 56 NOMAD. I DID A FRAME OFF REPAINT AND FRESHENED EVERYTHING UP ,INSTALLED A HOLLEY STEALTH RAM RUNS GREAT.
NO INTERIOR YET SO I GRAB A CRATE AND WANT TO TAKE IT DOWN THE BLOCK FOR A TEST RIDE, NOTHING NO REVERSE NO FORWARD NO CLUNK NOTHING. RECHECKED TRANS OIL LEVEL ,GOOD . RECHECKED LINKAGES GOOD.
I DID NOTICE WHEN THE CAR WAS RUNNING I NEEDED TO ADD MORE OIL TO MAKE IT SHIFT PROPERLY . IT HAS AN AFTER MARKET STAINLESS BRAIDED DIP STICK THINKING IT IS NOT CORRECT I ADD ONE MORE QT. OF OIL STILL NOTHING, ANYBODY HAVE ANY IDEA BEFORE I START RIPPING THINGS APART AGAIN.
THANX BRIAN

 

What do you mean by "shift properly" ? Into drive from park or 1-2 shift?
Filter problem, pump problem, regulator problem

 

THE TRANY WAS RUNNING GREAT BEFORE I PULLED IT TO REPAINT MY CAR, I DID NOT CHANGE ANYTHING IN IT AT ALL. WHEN I GO FROM PARK TO DRIVE I GET NOTHING , NO CLUNK NOTHING, SAME IF I PUT IT IN DRIVE. I ADDED MORE OIL THINKING THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS LOW IN OIL STILL NOTHING. MADE SURE WHEN I INSTALLED THE CONVERTER THAT IT WENT IN PROPERLY JUST AT A LOSS

 

is the torque convertor bolted to the flexplate?

 

YES PUT A BIT OF LOCK TIGHT ON THE BOLTS AND TORQUED THEM DOWN

 

So how long of a time period between its last drive before pulling it and now ?
What happened to it during that time ? What else did you do?

Installing the converter wrong and bolting the engine down usually fucks stuff up and there's no need to start it. Un bolting and reinstalling the converter correctly doesn't fix the damage

 

Check fluid with engine off. Then start engine and check it again. If the fluid level doesn't go down with engine running you have a broken pump . If the converter wasn't properly installed you can break the ear's off the pump rotor. Since you don't feel it engage at all I suspect that's the problem

 

You did reconnect the TV cable, didn't you?

 

'Looks like your Caps Lock is stuck...

 

SORRY , Caps Lock is stuck DONT KNOW WHAT THIS IS?

 

FOR SOME REASON MY POST WAS DELETED.

 

The TV cable has nothing to do with the tran's going into gear it controls shift point's.

 

On the internet, typing in all capital letters is the equivalent of yelling.

Please stop yelling.

 

How many quarts did you put in it? Under what conditions are you checking the level?

 

the Tv also controls line pressure and can cause a problem if not hooked up .

check the line pressure to see if its in spec.or your pump is working .

 

is your shift linkage hooked up? shifter to cable, cable to lever, lever to manual shaft.

 

Probably not something you want to hear. If it will not move in any gear with the correct amount of fluid and the linkage does move the shift lever properly, it may be possible that you have blown the front pump.

 

PRESSURE, pull a cooler line and see if you have pressure. Check fluid level in park. Don't overfill!

 

Thank,s for all the info, think I will put a gauge on it and check pressure being that it was running when I pulled it I must have screwed up the pump. CRAP

 

Remember, level check is when the engine is running.