Chapter 5 ---DISASTER
Thats right you guessed it disaster after 3 1/2 long months i finally head to pick up my Supra. So i call up JC "TigerJc on IA" and ask him to roll with me to pick her up. me being happy as a kid in candy land we head up to Topspeed. When we arrive My baby is sitting outside ready to roll and im greeted by Doug "topspeeds head mechanic" we chat for a minute and then he takes me on a lil spon around the block explaining the transmission and so forth.
Well if anyone has ever seen or rode in a TH-series or powerglide transmissioned vehicle you'll notice one thing the hard crisp pull of the transmission however that wasnt the case. Doug would have to attempt 2-3 times before the car would shift into gear when i asked him why is that he replied thats how these trannys are. But in reality what had happened was they did not install the "excuse my lack of mechanical knowledge" tranny line correctly. this line is what makes these transmission shift gears and since my th350 is a manual valve body i have to shift gears to drive it kind of like a manu-matic in newer cars now a days.
So me not knowing any better i say ok and drive off happy as pig in slop but not knowing that there was a major problem due to there installation. See what happened is this line was not put on the proper brackt because of this "and another issue from installation" the tranny wouldnt shift properly.
So lets fast forward to later that afternoon matter a fact 4 hours later me and tiger are about to head to stockbridge in the supra as we leave my home we head up 138, we then pass under 75s and then it happens i cant shift gears no more WTF the tranny is smoking hot and i cant shift unknown to us the tranny line was severed. I manage to make it to a quicktrip nearby and call chad "chadbee" and let him know what happened 6 cars roll up most are now members of PMS and all see the tranny leaking on the ground and smoking. i attempted to contact trey doug and clark but to no avail i was stuck so i drove home 5 miles a hour pissed making frequent stops so the tranny would not over heat further.
for all curious heres pics of the tranny
