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Patrick, I drove my F to the Virginia from SC meet and as we approached
the meeting hotel (2 miles away) my transmission totally failed. Turns out
(according to the experts at the meet), it was due to a defective torque
converter. I had the car towed to a transmission shop near the meet site and
had it removed. Don Verity drove his truck to the meet and he took the
transmission back to Rhode Island where he rebuilt it. I called Jeff Carter and asked him what he thought about
replacement torque converters. He told me that he had some rebuilt and the
rebuilder had done a poor job and he now likes to use original torque
converters that come out of cars without a lot of miles and without abuse. He
said if he drives a car and the transmission shifts OK, then he would be inclined
to use that torque converter than have one rebuilt. So I installed the one Jeff
Carter sent me and it drives just fine. Don Verity found a guy in MA that rebuilds them; I don't know if
he does a good job or not, but if Jeff hadn't sent me one, I would have used
the guy in MA. Sorry for your troubles but I would get it fixed as soon as you
can. Tom Cox From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Patrick Meehan Hey, all 300 Clubbers. I have a 300F with
73,000 original miles. She’s run like a dream but all of the sudden we are
having a major problem. What is going on is that the torque converter acts as
if it is locking up on occasion and at the point of it locking up the starter
drive does not engage correctly in that same spot. If the engine is rotated
past that spot all is good. This causes the starter drive and the ring gear to
get buggered up. The ring gear was replaced over a year and a half ago and was
good for a long time; it’s now missing teeth. We’ve also burned through 3
rebuilt starters with this problem. This converter locking up goes away after
the motor is warmed up. You can pop it into gear with no problem and drive off.
If it sits overnight and is cold starting all is ok to fire up, but drop it to
gear and motor locks instantly and starter will not engage; rotate the motor
and fire it up let her warm up, the trany works perfectly __._,_.___ To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or go to http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/join and select the "Leave Group" button For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/search.htm#querylang
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