Do bad things happen in 3's? My goodness, what next. A month ago it was another stamped steel rocker with a pushrod through it. Now It appears I've smoked my 727TF tranny. Went for a nice 20 mile drive yesterday. Kind of a shake down run. I'd finished the roller rockers, oil and filter change, fuel filter inspection, plugs checked, and checked the timing to confirm still at 35 degrees total. All good. Come home to pick up the wife and we make it 3 blocks and then poof. The engine just died(has never happened before), so I got it in neutral immediately and pulled over. In park now, started the car, put it in drive, and it revs to about 2500 before moving. I shut it down immediately and towed it home. Oil quite dark, but the level was spot on. The tranny oil was fine just the day before. Could not get the car to move in any gear, including reverse. Park worked. Now, what to do. Tranny was rebuilt 3 years ago. Brand new 2800 stall TC was supplied as well. The had all the engine specs, as well as the dyno paperwork. In 3800 miles of driving I've maybe gone over 4500 rpm twice, and maybe spun the tires a couple times. People bug me because I drive it like an old man. I treat it very well. How could a tranny built to handle 450+hp and 500+tq give up so easily? Also, I've read if all the gears went together, it could be the torque converter. Stupid question, but how do you diagnose a bad TC?
