700R4 build thread.

[jamyers]

Originally Posted by clinebarger

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Its late, Will update with more info.

THANKS! Man, I really appreciate your help.

I see you're in Ft. Worth, I'm just outside of Abilene, TX - if you ever get out this way let me know - love to buy you lunch and/or a beer!

[clinebarger]

Originally Posted by jamyers

THANKS! Man, I really appreciate your help.

I see you're in Ft. Worth, I'm just outside of Abilene, TX - if you ever get out this way let me know - love to buy you lunch and/or a beer!

Your welcome. Are you just doing a shift kit or a full rebuild?

I no longer recommend using a Sonnax Pinless Accumulator Piston in the 2nd Accumulator Housing with Trans-Go Springs, It breaks Accumulator Springs in some cases. You can use the Pinless piston in the 4th Accumulator.

SK-700G instructions....

[jamyers]

THANK YOU!

Originally Posted by clinebarger

Your welcome. Are you just doing a shift kit or a full rebuild?
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I'm doing a shift kit and whatever else I can do without pulling the pump

[jamyers]

Originally Posted by clinebarger

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I no longer recommend using a Sonnax Pinless Accumulator Piston in the 2nd Accumulator Housing with Trans-Go Springs, It breaks Accumulator Springs in some cases. You can use the Pinless piston in the 4th Accumulator.
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I'm betting this one had a trans-go spring between the 2nd Acc piston and the separator plate - given the pic below from when I opened it up back in August.

Your above comment didn't soak into my head until after I'd driven out the 2nd Accumulator pin and staked the ball from the Sonnax Pinless kit into the housing. I didn't think it would be a good idea to try and go back, so I went ahead with the Sonnax Pinless piston and the original unbroken spring, as per Sonnax's '94-Later instructions (spring in the Accumulator body, then Piston with dome toward the separator plate). Do you see any issues with that setup?

FWIW, the Trans-Go springs are a tight fit into that Sonnax piston, no wonder they can break.