Finally got a chance to take my 71 for a good long cruise to test out my cluth replace and trans. rebuild. It won't stay in third gear when I let off the gas.. Talked to Master Joel about the possibilities, and after much linkage adjustment it still does it. I'm taking it to the shop that rebuilt it so they can check it out, but don't look good. CRAP!!!! I just wanna go crusin!!!!!

Other than that, in the realm of things..........life is good.
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Sorry to hear it, Terry...
Hope they take care of it for ya. Are you taking the car up for them to check, or just the trans? It's prolly better to let whoever did the work drive it, so they will see exactly what's goin on. If you take it out and take it to them, they might not know what to look for, specifically. Let us know what they say...


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I had a similar problem and it was the linkage. The easy way is to remove the pivot from shifter and the twirl rod to adjust.

I did do some serious adjusting to the linkage Jack. I was thinking about doing the putting it in third with shifter unhooked and driving it. Maybe I'll try that before I bring it in. And yes Joel I am gonna bring the car in so they can drive it.
Thanks Guy's. I'll keep ya posted.


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What the heck terry, is this gonna mess up Holland for ya??  Hope Not.

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[QUOTE=dskopp]What the heck terry, is this gonna mess up Holland for ya??  Hope Not. [/QUOTE] No way Dan!! Cars going into the shop to be checked out next week.


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MAN I hope you get it FIXED.   I know it will be fixed by the Holland trip. Just got some stuf in from Corvette Central today for goody bags.

[QUOTE=dcherr]MAN I hope you get it FIXED.   I know it will be fixed by the Holland trip. Just got some stuf in from Corvette Central today for goody bags. [/QUOTE]

Good job Herr's!!!   She'll be fixed. She's been through worse.


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Update: I took the car in so the shop could drive it. They told me that I had to pull it back out, which I did. Only took me 1.5 hrs. this time. So they have had it since last Wed. and now they tell me they can't see anything wrong. They are bringing it to a Muncie expert to have a look. MAN, am I getting nervous!!!!!!!!!!


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LOOK AT IT THIS WAY.   YOU HAVE ALMOST 4 WEEKS BE FORRRR the big weekend.

mind if I vent.....
OK so I got the tranny in for the second time. They said it was the 3rd gear synchro ring that caused it to pop out of third. Dumb a__ should have replaced that when they put in the 3rd gear. Ok so now, stays in third, but making a loud whinning grinding noise in 1st & 2nd. The dude started makin excuses. I told him, you don't even wanna go there with me. I have a very long fuse but people don't like me when I'm po'd. They have the car now, and said they would try to adjust it out................. I said I'm no tranny x-pert however i know you ain't adjustin that out. He said it would prolly have to come back out. 2 choices I says. You pull it out and call me when its fixed, or I pull it back out and get my money back so I can take it to someone who knows how to rebuild Muncie transmissions!!
 Other than that.................life is GOOD!!!  


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As a worst case, we have a local (Minnesota) guy who is good and fast.  You could ship it here and we would run it out to him and get it back to you.

Larry

Thanks Larry. Hid sight is 20-20. A lot of things I coulda and shoulda done. These guy's came recommended by a customer of mine. But now I think its only because they're friends. A place can have a good reputation, but it only takes one bad tech to ruin it for ya. 

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Hey T....

You want me & Butch ta come up and straighten this mess out for ya?

Sure sounds like somebody ain't payin attention to detail!!! Keep on em and hang in there. I know everything will work out for ya!

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Thanks Tux. I might take ya up on that. Patty wants at em first. She's not one ya want po'd atcha. Got ta give em a chance to make it right. Then kill em!!!


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Well, how about we get all the C3 crew together that will be in Holland and "splain to them what it means for a corvetter to be without!!  We can lean on them too.  I bring my Uncle Guedo along!!!!

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If it is a tranny Shop I would report them to the BBB. This is why I do as much of the work myself. If ti don't work its my problem.

Sorry you had troubles. That's why I shipped mine off to Joel for a rebuild. Absolutely worth the shipping cost to know it will be done right the first time.

Well here's the latest. I brought it in for the third time and left it. They said they could adjust the noise out. OK, so long story short I called to check on it and they said they had it back out. I told them I was gonna pick it up and have someone else look at it and they told me they had it all torn apart and the slider is hitting the gears because of the new shifter.Five days later they said they have it done. They put the old shifter back in and "it works fine." Then, Get this, at $70 an hour and 7 hrs. you owe $500 plus 4 hrs. $210 for adjustment, because I was the one who put in the new shifter, and it wasn't they're fault. They then found out what happens when ya hit me powder keg. First of all you never told me you were gonna pull it again. And second the shifter had nothing to do with it. OK here's where it gets good. I picked it up and they had a bill for me. I said I need to try it first before I give you anything. I took off and it wouldn't go into 2nd gear. Went back and they said it will go in but you have to move the shifter around a bit to get it to go.
 I need to end this story. So,I put the new shifter in and so far its working. If they call me for their money I am just gonna say I can't talk to you anymore.

Thanks my friends for your tips and letting me vent. Especially you Joel for our phone conversation.



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Make sure you document everything and keep a log of what happened just in case it goes to Judge Judy.

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Corvettes and women are the same...You want to make love to them but they keep breaking down.

It's people like that that gives business a bad name.

Sometimes it seems like it doesn't pay to get things fixed. Terry, I wish I could have seen you blow your top! You'll get it! Next time ship it to Joel! It would have been cheaper in the long run!

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Well....I'm certainly glad ya got it back, and it appears to be "fixed". I still don't know how the heck the slider(s) could possibly be going too far, and contacting other gears simply due to a shifter issue. I still think it was an assembly error, or possibly the wrong parts.
It won't shift into 2nd, and they say "you have to wiggle the shifter some to get it in"??? Wow...they saw you comin!! It's a straight shot back on mine...no wigglin required.
Oh well. Win some, lose some. Glad it's back on track, Mr. Terry.

btw...I did look at the Muncie I've got torn down, and I just can't see what the heck the sliders could hit/rub on, except the gears of the cluster shaft. My bet is, they put in a 3rd gear for a BW T-10, instead of a Muncie. It will fit, but the cut of the gears are different, so that would make a noise, and yo said the noise started after the 2nd time they worked on it, and they told you they had to replace 3rd gear....which is what they should've replaced to begin with, but they didn't...


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Ya man. I can race ya but ya gotta give me a few lengths so's I got time ta wiggle her inta second.............

I hope there is not a next time, but if there is, Joel I will need your address please.




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Sorry T you had so much trouble. Hope to see you soon. Not sure of my schedule yet, working long hours and all. Right now I am in Georgia, should be back home late tomorrow.

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