WELP.... bad news.
valve body showed up today, got it from TRE. put it in tonight, found some metal shavings in the pan.
installed the valve body anyways, finish it up, and realize I have the wrong transmission fluid, napa premium ATF.... its all I had so I put it in.
test drive it, feels like crap, bring it back to the shop, adjust the tv cable, still feels like crap, but a little better. on the way home, I mashed the throttle to the floor, and blew the exhaust right out of the truck, literally went POPBANG and ran the muffler, and the rest of the exhaust right over -____________-
1-2 shift feels nice and hard, 2-3 shift hesitates and it softer than the stock valvebody. no 2nd gear lock up, and the converter lock up seems overall softer than before.
I think I will drain the fluid tomorrow and put the right stuff in.
I'm kind of lost now, I dont have the money to build the trans like It should be, Ive got the cash for a converter, but thats about it.
No idea in hell how i'm planning on holding back 5x18's and the 62 when the tranmission won't even hold this power. sorry about my punctuation and grammar, I'm venting and quite pissed off:nail::doh::doh::doh: