Transmission slipped temporarily(?)
Hi all, I've put about 500 miles on my '94 HR Imperial with 60k miles and the Ford 460 engine. I've only seen my transmission temp gauge move above 100 degrees one time, and it was only slightl...
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I had an E350 with a 400 and C6 tranny.
I once pulled a heavy flatbed loaded with sheet rock up our lane at about 10mph, obviously the torque converter wasn't in lock up, when I got up the hill with it and then tried to back a short distance up to our garage the van wouldn't budge. No smell or other signs of over heating and it didn't have a temp gauge for the transmission.
I let it sit for about an hour and then it backed up just fine and we never had any problems with it. But we were aware of what we had done and always tried to go fast enough to lock up the converter. Which is sometimes hard to avoid.
I once pulled a heavy flatbed loaded with sheet rock up our lane at about 10mph, obviously the torque converter wasn't in lock up, when I got up the hill with it and then tried to back a short distance up to our garage the van wouldn't budge. No smell or other signs of over heating and it didn't have a temp gauge for the transmission.
I let it sit for about an hour and then it backed up just fine and we never had any problems with it. But we were aware of what we had done and always tried to go fast enough to lock up the converter. Which is sometimes hard to avoid.
