"Blown" Ford 351

Firstly I'd like to thank Mourningwood's incredible generosity. Thank you sir. Can someone explain this phenomenon I'm having with the new transmission? It spun freely by hand before I installed it. Afterwards it seemed to be in gear, it would not spin in neutral by hand. With the engine running, I have forward in all three shift positions. When I shift to reverse, it still spins forward but stalls the engine. Also, there is no fluid flowing through the lines to and from the cooler.  With the engine running, I removed the plug in the reverse chamber and when I shift to reverse fluid does pump out. When I shift to neutral, that fluid stops, so I'm assuming the pump is working and the spool valve is working. I put the pump from the old transmission on the new one because it was new. My engine is RR and if you are looking at the transmission from the back,(the end that attaches to the engine) I had the arrow pointing towards the left on top of the pump so I believe this is correct. Do I need an exorcist at this point?

Holy sheet,,,,,,,,,,,, the saga continues, 7 months later.

Not many parts at all to the assembly, good luck, hope you find a broken spring or something obvious

Weird how summer thunderstorms determine water levels in the Midwest. We are low on Deep Lake and looking forward it may continue to drop. It’s still not affecting boating or water sport stuff.

Those in the shallows will eventually be in some trouble. We have satellite lake level monitoring thanks to one homeowner. We can see it go down twice a day.

Lake Sonoma is medium low too
They have reduced speed limit to 5mph on 80% of lake we used to ski on
Only main body by dam open to speed
Kinda takes fun out of a day trip
Like a nascar track just going in circles

I thought Clear Lake was always low?  Isn't that lake only like 20 feet deep at the deep part?  Pretty lake and large lake but I always hear it is very shallow?

Translation of that message is “we lost it but hope to find it”.  

Well William

One thing is for sure. There’s no KENO on Facebook. The solutions people come up with there are hilarious.

Thank you 63skier, Keno has been incredibly helpful and he continues to amaze. As far as being brave goes, I thank you, but I always say, I have more time than money so I do a lot of things myself.

I wouldn't worry too much about getting the pressures, just send me your address.

Keno, that is a world class offer, tell that guy nice work when you see him.

Maybe it is the name William as I would do the same things you speak of in trying anything to make something work!  It also helps to be able to admit these shortcomings to the world via a forum that may or may not tear your head off explaining what we do wrong!  I am just kidding of course about all of this!  I wish you the best of luck and long live CCFAN!

Thanks tryathelete. I'm prepared to blow this season off. The lake near me is at a 25 year low and half the ramps are already closed, people hitting all sorts of things in the low water. I went to a psychic who channels the Theta aliens and she did a scan of my boat. She said it was afraid of water. I haven't seen any reference to that in any of the many manuals I've researched. She suggested I talk to it and reassure it that the water is safe. I did that between the last two rebuilds to no avail. Maybe she scanned the wrong boat, she was 125 miles away from it at the time.  Think if the last couple of things don't work I'll start a slush fund and buy one before next season.