[Chief of the 60's]

Originally Posted by torqhead

Happy new year Dan! Well yes there were a total of 6 remove/installs but two of them were the perfromabuilt's that one made it a couple of miles and smoked and the second dropped a valve supposedly in it's maiden voyage about 15 miles into the test trip, had to limp home in 2nd gear.

You know I'm always up for a whiskey!

Sounds just like the TCV cable was not adjusted properly and/or the carb did not have the critically necessary angle correction cable brackets.

Only way I know of to kill a 700 that quick. It doesn't take horsepower or torque to do that. Hell, a 4 cylinder Toyota would kill it if the TCV cable was not working properly. But then, I'm sure Performabuilt told you that. I'm guessing they did not warranty a 3rd tranny.

B.T.W.: I have heard this happening dozens of times and its always the TCV cable not being adjusted properly and no tranny shop will warranty a tranny that was not properly installed. Everybody thinks that TCV cable is a kick-down cable.... its NOT.