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Hmm. I don't know how I could dig into that. It's a reman that has behaved well over the last 8 years. The fluid has been flushed since then; fluid has always looked good, and shifting has always been swift, smooth, and timely. Are you thinking TCM problem? I was really hoping to ditch the DS4...

Hi, Will. No, I can't force it - it just gets in that mood, usually from startup (idling lower from the start). When it's in that mood, as soon as I shift into gear or apply the brakes, just idling the driveway, it'll dip under load; when driving and letting off the accelerator or, worse, coming...

...or wire.

Thanks, Marty. I'm used to hearing less-than-favorable things about Dorman, so I wouldn't have thought of that. I've bought 2 PMDs from Leroy since I've had the Sub (2012). I think the first was Flight Systems, and I know the second (installed now) is Flight. Somebody else was wondering if the...

Hi, all. Checklist below. The RPMs often dip down to ~500 or so when any load is applied while idling or cruising with no acceleration (braking at idle or while coming to a stop, shifting into gear). It threatens to stall but doesn’t; the dip is followed by a momentary surge. When that’s not...

Now that I've got the timing and TDCO all set, I'll try my new PMD again and see if that fixes it.

No air - clear as can be.

Thanks, MrMarty. I adjusted timing and did TDCO relearn first, and that cleared things up. Seems fine now. Only thing left is hard warm start - once it's started everything seems fine. I'll check around about it.

I advanced the pump and was able to get it going - gave it a hard drive for 100 mi a couple of nights ago. When I pulled into a stop, it dipped down to 500 RPM, even a tad lower, and threatened to stall or did stall - that happened during a few but not all of the stops (I sat at a couple of...

Just for kicks, I tried the time set in the Tech 2. The couple of times I tried, it stalled right away: the manual says to advance the timing, if that happens. I'm hoping it's only the timing.

I got it started and turned it off after it idled fine for 2 minutes. Checked for leaks and started it up for half a minute a couple more times while chasing down a power steering leak. Then it wouldn't run again (really hard start then immediately die). Kept trying and got it to start a couple...

Thanks, Will. Hoping to button it up and get it started tomorrow. It's been a long trek.

All set with the brackets. Thanks. I'm looking at my trans cooler lines now. The top fitting that goes into the side of the radiator, and the 2 lines that go into the separate cooler in front of the radiator. Doesn't look like they get o-rings. Can anyone confirm? I don't remember any o-rings...

Got it situated. Thanks. What are these two brackets? This one attached to the front of the driver side engine mount. I don't know what attaches to it: And I don't know where this one bolts up and what lines go into it:

I took the engine out, took out the converter, reinstalled it (all 3 ledges), and measured 1.02+" clearance from bell housing mating surface to bolt holes face. Reinstalled the engine and still have 1/4" gap between bell housing and block. Noting's binding: I can easily spin the converter with...