Re: [AMC-List] Band adjustment, little aluminum Borg Warner auto

[Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'd be careful of doing the band adjustment. It can be tricky as the threads on the adjustment and in the case can get corroded and just generally gunked up over years of road use. Then when you try to adjust it using the torque wrench method you can't get a good reading.
  Isn't the shop that did yours still in business? It's best with those to get someone who has done one before. If you can get it adjusted right I'd suggest doing so, but I don't know that I'd try it myself if I wasn't having problems.
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Mark Price
markprice242ATadelphia.net
Morgantown, WV


---- Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> wrote: 
> My old Rambler's trannie has a pan leak, so I'll drain and
> replace filter and gasket. But while I'm in there I probably
> should adjust the bands. I have no experience with auto
> transmissions, though I'm otherwise competent.
> 
> I have a TSM, and will buy an inch/lb torque wrench (have only
> big ft/lb), but the front servo info is a bit vague -- do I have
> to remove the valve body or internal throttle linkage parts to
> get to it?
> 
> Other than the (pretty substantial) pan leak, the trans works
> fine; no slippage or bad shifts. The only problems seem to be
> caused by low fluid; slow to go into D1 or D2 after sitting for
> a week.  It'll leak out most of a pint in a month of sitting.
> It was rebuilt a looong time ago (1990) but treated very,
> very well (bi-annual fluid/filter change, adjustment).
> 
> Am I wasting my time thinking about adjustment? Changing the
> filter seems a no-brainer since I'll have the pan off anyways.
> 
> 
> 
> Finding the right filter/gasket is a problem; I think my trans is
> a 1965 M12 (it's been a long time), torque tube drive. rockauto
> shows a WIX #58658, but the description in "more info" says
> it's for a 727. Could be wrong "more info" or wrong part. I'll
> keep looking.
> 
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