'63 Powerglide Stops working when Hot
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Get a 700R4. That's the solution to my Powerglide that works great.
He drove it around the neighborhood, stopped at a stop sign then it wouldn't go forward or reverse. He sat there for about an hour, started the engine, put in drive and was able to drive it home without issues. The following weekend it happened again.
Its a 4 door sedan 6 cyl, bone stock and wants to keep the powerglide. So before he has it rebuilt I thought I'd ask here for possible easy fix.
Its a 4 door sedan 6 cyl, bone stock and wants to keep the powerglide. So before he has it rebuilt I thought I'd ask here for possible easy fix.
Completely replace fluid, if still happens rebuild or replace
My guess is its getting to hot. That could be a number of things. So long as its not an early air cooled powerglide then you first need to make sure you have fluid, its flowing good and that its not getting hot. Get a cheap laser temp gun and make it quit working again. Then check the temps of the lines (if not air cooled). Also you could have a blockage in the radiator if the trans cooler is in the radiator then you have to check to make sure its not getting to hot there as well.
Maybe adjust the band while it's up in the air.
If it has lost all motion then it has to be pump related or both reverse clutch and low band failure. Or just thinking, could be the torque converter.
