LemonWedge
Well-Known Member
Been a while since I’ve posted here at FBBO, but I’m in need of some help….
a buddy of mine has a gorgeous 65 B-Post street/strip HotRod. Pretty standard 440/727 setup. last year he had a shop replace the converter. When he got it back, the shifter (cable B&M unit) wasn’t adjusted properly. He talked to them but just never got it back to them. Then reverse went out. He didn’t want to argue with the shop, so I told him to bring it to me it probably just needed to be properly adjusted.
I got under it and sure enough, the cable was tense and bound when in each gear. Routing of the cable was a mess….. so I spent some time sorting things out and got it to where I was sure it was adjusted “correctly”. Everything felt and looked right, but still no reverse.
I then dropped the pan and turned My attention to the low/rear servo and strut. Everything looked to be still in place correctly. So I then dropped the valve body and put some air to the rear accumulator. The servo worked perfectly and the strut activated the band just as it should. Adjustment seems slightly on the loose side, but it binds down the band just fine.
Im at a loss…. What to check next? Could the valve body not be operating correctly?
everything else seems to be fine other than “no reverse”. It is a stock valve Body with a kit as far as I know. Currently, when left in D, he DOES have low. So the overrunning clutch would seem to be ok (???).
anything else I should check before I throw it back together for one last “check” before pulling the whole thing to go through?
Help…….
a buddy of mine has a gorgeous 65 B-Post street/strip HotRod. Pretty standard 440/727 setup. last year he had a shop replace the converter. When he got it back, the shifter (cable B&M unit) wasn’t adjusted properly. He talked to them but just never got it back to them. Then reverse went out. He didn’t want to argue with the shop, so I told him to bring it to me it probably just needed to be properly adjusted.
I got under it and sure enough, the cable was tense and bound when in each gear. Routing of the cable was a mess….. so I spent some time sorting things out and got it to where I was sure it was adjusted “correctly”. Everything felt and looked right, but still no reverse.
I then dropped the pan and turned My attention to the low/rear servo and strut. Everything looked to be still in place correctly. So I then dropped the valve body and put some air to the rear accumulator. The servo worked perfectly and the strut activated the band just as it should. Adjustment seems slightly on the loose side, but it binds down the band just fine.
Im at a loss…. What to check next? Could the valve body not be operating correctly?
everything else seems to be fine other than “no reverse”. It is a stock valve Body with a kit as far as I know. Currently, when left in D, he DOES have low. So the overrunning clutch would seem to be ok (???).
anything else I should check before I throw it back together for one last “check” before pulling the whole thing to go through?
Help…….