Re: V8 transmissions

[Dave Weiss <dzweiss@worldnet.att.net>]

Christopher Olson wrote:

> What was wrong was that the clutches for the forward gears were burned
> to a crisp.  The friction material could be scraped off with a
> fingernail. <SNIP> The mechanic was of the opinion that simply cleaning 
> or replacing the screen would have temporarily gotten rid of the noise 
> but that shortly thereafter I would have had complete failure of the 
> unit. <SNIP> He claims it is a design problem and in order to correct 
> the problem he had to drill a small "bleeder hole" in a piston. <SNIP> 
> It would be interesting to find out if that guy who bought your car had 
> any problems with the transmission later on.

I'll try and remember to inquire in 6 mos. or so (somebody will probably
remind me).  Not _my_ car, BTW! <G>

Dave Weiss
'91 V8 5-spd (sure to have its own problems)
'93 90 CS UnQ