New Tranny is in!

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05-31-2009, 11:08 AM
txarkitekt

New Tranny is in!

Friday evening I went over to Danny's house to start the tear down process for putting my new LVL 5 60e in... Started well, no real problems (except for the unusually large reddish stain on the concrete :)) and got it all done Saturday for the Dyno Meet. Here are a few pics of the madness:

Driveline is out. Its dirty under there cause last time I put a tranny in before the Lightning Meet, the cooler line decided to pop off and unload 10 quarts of tranny fluid on the road and underneath my truck. Don't worry--when I tear it down for the LQ4 swap, its ALL going to be squeaky clean. :thumb:

Notice the reddish stain at the bottom left??? :lol:

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The Prindle switch hanging out and waiting to be bolted up to his new home...

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Earl filter, flexplate, and those dang 'ol cooler lines which have a knack for wanting to pop off and spit out fluid...

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EFFIN bugs were all over the place! Travis--this one is for you. :D :dancenana:

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Recently refreshed and restalled 3000 converter being drained...got dang near 3 quarts out...

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Prolly the last time you clowns will see the 5.3L...

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And there she is... LVL 5 60e!!!!!!!

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And what is Danny doing with those nitrous parts????

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The 5.3L in the S-10. Why didn't GM do this in the first place??? It fits perfectly...

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The S-10...

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And Danny's TBSS gave me a little Peep Show:

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But yeah, the tranny went in, shifts well, and bangs 2nd pretty good. :burnrub: This one WILL last!

The Dyno Day went well! Thanks to all who helped out and for Alan (TxStVanWilder) for bringing a cooler full of drinks for everyone and for posting this meet all over the boards. There were some bad arse trucks there--SRT-10s, Lightnings, Titans, Chebbys, etc. AWESOME turnout. James was havin a great time--especially making Alan drink as much as he could so he could find out how drunk he got. Alan blew a .129 BAC. He was feelin pretty good... :shots: :beer1: Unfortunately, since it was like 5,000 degrees outside and there were 8746 trucks on the rollers, the dyno got too hot and we had to shut it down earlier than expected. No worries, Ross took the dyno apart and put the fans on it to cool it--and after about 10 minutes, the brakes released and it was all good. Thanks to all who came out to help with the Fundraiser and put down some good numbers!
05-31-2009, 11:12 AM
Jamest

That's great! I hear he can build a mean --weeet-- tranny! Good luck at the dyno!

Jamest
05-31-2009, 11:21 AM
ducky

dang thats awesome tyler. how many total you think showed up?
05-31-2009, 12:03 PM
TxStVanWilder

too bad you never pulled it off the trailor at teh dyno day.... and again i didnt hit the numbers i was looking for twice that day.... only a .129 i was tryin to hit .200 and i only hit 476tq when i was tryin to 500
05-31-2009, 01:48 PM
DamnYankee

Good deal Tyler - I hope this one holds.

And how did Ross take the dyno apart while he was in Hawaii? :duh:
05-31-2009, 01:56 PM
TxStVanWilder

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Originally Posted by DamnYankee

Good deal Tyler - I hope this one holds.

And how did Ross take the dyno apart while he was in Hawaii? :duh:

LOL i was about to say the same thing.... but i was just gonna leave that one alone HAHAHA
05-31-2009, 02:03 PM
MidwestSS

nice job guys!
my tranny was on that same driveway just aboot a week ago!
05-31-2009, 02:03 PM
dallas

Looking great
05-31-2009, 03:08 PM
Ramsey

Nice job !Hope you have better luck than me with thes 60-65s I tried eeverything to get 1 to hold up.this last one was the best ,about 6 months.Although I do have f/i .maybe thats the big diff,but your going up in power also so i hope u dont have any more tranny issues.good luck.I finally realized all the money spent on 60s and almost crapped,i coulda built another truck.lol.Im hopin this timewith the 80e tranny and transfer ill have some luck,but i see theyre poppin left and right also with big hp. Like i said good luck ,and nice job.
05-31-2009, 03:17 PM
Sizzle Chest

How long did it take to get your FLT from the time you ordered it? Ordered mine back in mid March but dont have it yet. I know they are back logged but man, coming up on three months now.
05-31-2009, 03:21 PM
Ramsey

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Originally Posted by Sizzle Chest

How long did it take to get your FLT from the time you ordered it? Ordered mine back in mid March but dont have it yet. I know they are back logged but man, coming up on three months now.

WOW! that iis not acceptable if u ask me ,Noone wants to wait that long.No offense but I would never wait that long for a tranny ,Is theyre more to the story?I dont wanna believe it actually takes that long,seems like they would have some shelf units .good luck bud maybe you should give em a call.
05-31-2009, 03:24 PM
RedHeartbeat

You ordered and paid for it that long ago and no transmission? I'd be on the phone daily asking where my product was if that's true.
05-31-2009, 03:39 PM
DBRODS

Tyler you got a big exhaust leak on the pass side collector....look on the floor board above it... no problem
05-31-2009, 03:46 PM
Sizzle Chest

I was told it would take 4-6 weeks back in March and Ive been charged for half at this point. I called a couple weeks ago and although they were very appologetic, thought it would be another 2 weeks. But yeah, thats all there is to the story.

We'll see what the status is tomorrow.
05-31-2009, 10:34 PM
txarkitekt

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Originally Posted by duckysbht

dang thats awesome tyler. how many total you think showed up?

Not sure...maybe 50 trucks total???

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Originally Posted by TxStVanWilder

too bad you never pulled it off the trailor...

True. Somehow, somewhere--the passenger side ramp on the car hauler came up missing??? And even so, I didn't wanna hurt the dyno any more than it was. :burnrub:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sizzle Chest

How long did it take to get your FLT from the time you ordered it? Ordered mine back in mid March but dont have it yet. I know they are back logged but man, coming up on three months now.

I don't have an FLT. I have a JHH LVL 5 tranny. Its from a local builder here in DFW. He is a 38+ year performance tranny builder and his build sheet is about the same as FLTs...

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Originally Posted by DBRODS

Tyler you got a big exhaust leak on the pass side collector....look on the floor board above it... no problem

I DID have a leak. Its fixed. Found that out after the first time I had to pull the Y-pipe off a few years ago. Actually, there were a few leaks in the welds of the Y-pipe. Its solid now.
05-31-2009, 10:42 PM
GasGuzzler

The best part was Greg's tire smoke on the rollers despite being tightened down more than once :lol: