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| | | Forums66 Topics128,077 Posts1,056,280 Members48,441 | | Most Online14,466 Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
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on the Internet for over 30 years! and not clogged down with Ads! Again, thanks! | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,821 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,821 | Make sure the torque converter lockup clutch is engaging properly. By the way converters are designed, there's a 10% slippage built in that can only be eliminated by using a manual clutch that locks in at highway speed. If the transmission is not original to the truck, you're going to have to install a vacuum sensing switch and a brake on/off switch to make the TCC work correctly. When the TCC is functioning on a 700R4 it acts like a second overdrive ratio. Another trick is to install a vacuum gauge and get used to feather-footing the throttle to keep the main jets and metering rods running at the lean side of the power curve as much as possible.
BTW, there's nothing new about putting a lockup clutch in a torque converter- - - - -Studebaker did it in 1949. It was hydraulic rather than electronic, though! Jerry
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