Well It's Time
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:49 pm
Yesterday me and one of my Harley buds (One that will still ride with me) rode to San Antonio to get our international drivers licenses again at AAA. Bike was running good. We stopped at the SA Harley shop for a few minutes, and they have a nice new concrete parking lot that i left a nice squiggley stripe on when we left. The parking lot was slightly slanted and the reason for the squiggley stripe. Totaled about 400 miles as on the way home we went the scenic route through Bandera, Hondo and Devine. Anyway a beautiful day and a enjoyable ride until,,,,, we get about 130 miles from the house. It was like someone turned a light switch on. Second gear started growling, I was listening looking at the road wondering if it was the road and hoping that it was, but it was not. I stopped and checked my trans fluid and fluid level was normal. I do not have a trans temp gauge. That morning on the way to San Antonio I had a little different belt while, or so I thought it was belt while, well it turns out it was not. So I am 130 miles from the house, and first gear is working and not growmling,, but second does not sound good. I tell my bud to stay in front of me as if it locks up I do not want him behind me. So 75 mph for 1&1/2 more hours and through a couple small towns with stop lights. We make it to the bar at home and stop for a minute until I make a phone call and find out my better half is at home waiting on me so we leave and need another 2 miles or so. I stop and my bud’s house and I go to leave and reverse does not work. I shut the motor off and we push it back and I leave, go through one stop sign and stay in 1st, get to the next stop sign and 1st starts slipping, 10 – 15 mph max, I run one stop sign and make it too the house with a BIG smile on my face. The Hoss didn’t let me down on the side of the road, made it to my parking spot in the garage. From when it was new to me (2700) miles it has always had a slip when I rolled on power in second. So now I go back to work Wednesday. When I return I am going to split the frame and pull the trans.
So now comes the questions: Tom and Adrian, can ya’ll rebuild my trans in or around march 16th? I know, or I think I will need another torque converter, what do ya’ll 502 owners recommend? Would a #5 converter be best or what is the best for a 502.
Tom I will PM you.
Anyway hopefully Tom and Adrian can rebuild my trans in march and install the latest upgrades and I am ready to get back on the road.
Darryl
So now comes the questions: Tom and Adrian, can ya’ll rebuild my trans in or around march 16th? I know, or I think I will need another torque converter, what do ya’ll 502 owners recommend? Would a #5 converter be best or what is the best for a 502.
Tom I will PM you.
Anyway hopefully Tom and Adrian can rebuild my trans in march and install the latest upgrades and I am ready to get back on the road.
Darryl