...tripping..but not to Joplin...

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  1. 71gold

    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    ...trip...off...track again...

    everything points to...too much fluid...
    so i drained it down untill nothing shows on the stick...:yup: took it out and hit it a time or two, came back and it's still dripping from everywhere...
    now i am pulling it back down and going to try it without the gear vendor...just the stock C4 tailshaft...don't know what that will do but it's trying something different. the Gear vendor bolts to the back of the C4 so this should only swap tailshaft housings..:bouncy:
    ...next option...AOD...

    ...:rofl2:...
     
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    should have stuck with the AOD ;)
     
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    i think if you put it back in, send the c-4 to be built right instead of using one straight from the "vendor"... maybe someone paulS could recommend?
     
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    Frank; sorry to hear this is such a problem. I think I would put the AOD back in until you get back from your trip, then you can sort out the Gear Vendors/C4 problem. If there is anything I can do, let me know.
     
  5. 71gold

    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    C4 is built right :thumbs2:...it's not from a "vendor"
    it has a Gear Vendor overdrive mounted to it.

    ...:yup:...
     
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    NICK DOMINICK MCCI Virginia State rep.

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    Don't let it ruin your trip.
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    i have the problem half solved...(y) it's only leaking half as much...:D
    we are off to Joplin in about an hour...i will leave the mav. hanging on the lift.:yup:

    ...:drive:...
     
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    DaMadman 3 pedals & 8cylinders=FUN

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    what? You are going to the Maverick Gathering and not taking patches?? Shame on you... I think Frank is just "procarastinating" taking Patches to any of the MAverick meets because he doesn't want anyone to see all the changes he has made to her.
     
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    DaMadman 3 pedals & 8cylinders=FUN

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    Frank don't make us hire a spy to come take pictures of that car while you are road testing it, Like the big 3 do when one of them comes out with a new design and the others sneak around in the bushes taking picture of the new design on the test track
     
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    Some of us have seen it. :p nickmav70 even got to ride up to Summit in it!
     
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    DaMadman 3 pedals & 8cylinders=FUN

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    yeah, yeah, I am not going to make it to the gathering or the roundup this year so I wouldn't get to admire Patches in all her splended glory this year anyway but I was just flabbergasted to hear Frank say he was leaving her home all alone on that cold, steel rack while he is going to the Gathering driving another car and going to have a good time. I hope he feels bad for leaving such a wonderful car at home, all alone in that garage all by herself. LOL

    The fact of the matter is Patches is probably planning the drag race party as we speak, she probably has all the vintage Fords from the entire county inited over and they are all in that great big garage of Franks drinking motor oil by the quart, main lining tranny fluid and antifreeze and shooting ether into thier intakes, revving their engines and doing burnouts all over that nice black and white checker floor in the garage. I hope Patches cleans up all the mess before Frank get's back home and catches her behaving like a deviant.. LOL hahahahaha
     
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