brand new powerglide installed and running tonight . no high or reverse. low, neutral and park seem to work well though. i know it is not the shifter,as we disconnected the cable and moved the lever by hand. any ideas?

maybe more than one issue.if useing pro brake and you have low,solenoid or depth on solenoid.high gear is seals on back of pump or piston seals.always a chance of valve body issues

quote:

i know it is not the shifter,as we disconnected the cable and moved the lever by hand

You should pull the pan and check to see if the manual valve is hook up.

will do, thanks

Had something similar with the governor block off plate left out.

made a mistake. had high gear after all . the trans co. installed a pro brake, when they shouldn't have. now i have to change the valve body on a brand new $4700 transmission.

or put a solenoid on it

quote:

Originally posted by keyed up:
made a mistake. had high gear after all . the trans co. installed a pro brake, when they shouldn't have. now i have to change the valve body on a brand new $4700 transmission.

I believe a lot of standard brakes still have the reverse safety in them now I know TSR does. If you haven't talked to the transmission company you probably should.

Why not keep the Pro Brake?

footbrake only. just re-wired the car and really don't want to add on to it

Looks like you are in NC and a ton of people here have a pro brake trans including me running foot brake. So why not just keep it you don't HAVE to leave off the button if you don't want to. It is a pita when backing up.

How does it not have high gear because of a pro brake.....

quote:

Originally posted by 67TSCHEVY2:
How does it not have high gear because of a pro brake.....

He corrected that, it has high range.

I'm just over here wondering how you end up with $4700 in a basic manual shift pukeglitch?

ati proglide with straight cut gear, their two piece case and bell. couldn't go to baltimore to pick it up, so $100 for the box, $300 for freight.

quote:

Originally posted by keyed up:
ati proglide with straight cut gear, their two piece case and bell. couldn't go to baltimore to pick it up, so $100 for the box, $300 for freight.

I guess it adds up quick these days.

I haven't had to spend transmission $$$ since 2002 when I obliterated the 2.10 / 1.40 Kilgore gear set in my TH-400 by hitting the t-brake button coasting about 20 mph in neutral.....

seems like all the three letter, transmission guys get close to $4000 for a straight cut gear aftermarket case set-up. valve body replacement was fairly straight forward though. will fire it up tomorrow and check my work.