Hi, bit of an odd question for the transmission experts:
Is it technically possible, even if unlikely, for the torque converter to be slipping badly while driving/accelerating but for it to also to pass the brake stall test at 2100rpm?
My transmission is slipping after making bad torque converter noises [drove around for a couple weeks and thought it was the bearings on the new alternator but it wasnt]. Then the noise got suddenly worse [loud high pressure air leak] and slipping that is now so bad I would be afraid to drive around the block. Shifts are still firm, so pump probably ok, but wont have a chance to check pressures til tomorrow.
It is of course possible that driving on the bad torque converter heated the fluid and fried the transmission - what I'm wondering is if it's possible, however unlikely, to be *only* the converter (i.e. should I try swapping it before moving on to jy trans if it doesn't work).
Is it technically possible, even if unlikely, for the torque converter to be slipping badly while driving/accelerating but for it to also to pass the brake stall test at 2100rpm?
My transmission is slipping after making bad torque converter noises [drove around for a couple weeks and thought it was the bearings on the new alternator but it wasnt]. Then the noise got suddenly worse [loud high pressure air leak] and slipping that is now so bad I would be afraid to drive around the block. Shifts are still firm, so pump probably ok, but wont have a chance to check pressures til tomorrow.
It is of course possible that driving on the bad torque converter heated the fluid and fried the transmission - what I'm wondering is if it's possible, however unlikely, to be *only* the converter (i.e. should I try swapping it before moving on to jy trans if it doesn't work).