Engine stalls and ----- appears across tach

[Playa]

01GT with a t-56 installed(probobly unrelated to the t-56)

so i go to get my car fixed and i learn my throut is torn into 3 large chunks. no biggie. i also bought some Thunder Racing MIL's and put them on(my old dallas mustang MIL's took a crap, or so i think). pay to get my car back, and take my car out. i get 2 minutes down the road and notice that my car stalled. figured i was me doing something wrong. so i start her back up. go another minute or so and it stalls again. this time i know it wasent me. so i look and my SES light is on, start the car up and i look at the Trip-o-meter(the digital readout that has the Trip and car milage) thing, and all it says is "--------" across the screen. cant switch between milage and trip, all i get is -------(i did not count the actual -'s)

so i go back to the shop and she idles fine the whole way back. we scan my car, the snappon OBDII scanner says that it cant read the computer. odd... tryed again and then it says there is nothign wrong. so i go back out thinking it was a fluke. happens again. so i call the shop and we decided to take it back and i would leave it there overniight so they could look at it in the morn. on the way back to the shop, it idles fine the whole way back, this time the when i pull into the bay my car stalls, and he saw it. so im not crazy, lol


now, throughout all this my car has either idled fine, or just plumeted like my IAC is bad. but my engine is already warm, so that rules that out(IMO). He told me he hooked the Vehicle speed sensor back up, and i am showing mile an hour and RPM's fine even when i have the ---'s across the tach.

any ideas?

 

[trinity_gt]

Is the battery negative terminal tight?

 

[Playa]

Is the battery negative terminal tight?

didnt look.. but i always had lights or something on whenever it happend.

i drove around with the tach saying -------, drivability was fine, i heard no missfires, car was running smooth, RPMs werent jumping when it did idle fine...

 

[jbrown]

was your tach zeroed out or just your odometer/tripometer(I think thats what its called). Sounds like they didnt hook something up right.

 

[KaPPaBaLL]

unrelated to the topic but i bet your car slowed down a lot after the T-56. that's a 2.66 first gear. your stock being 3.27. You'll have to get at least 3.73 or 3.90's just to get stock gearing back. eek

 

[Playa]

was your tach zeroed out or just your odometer/tripometer(I think thats what its called). Sounds like they didnt hook something up right.

yes, the battery was reset abotu 1 week before when i was under the car lookign at my tranny...


the problem was with teh speed ca. on a decline for some reason the power would get nocked. then it would send odd codes to the computer and it woudl nuts and shut down/throw the ---'s.

all is resolved now. thanks for the help guys

 

[Playa]

unrelated to the topic but i bet your car slowed down a lot after the T-56. that's a 2.66 first gear. your stock being 3.27. You'll have to get at least 3.73 or 3.90's just to get stock gearing back. eek

how abotu 4.10's

have had them in since before i got the t-56 in. i did some math before i did the t-56 and de3cided on them.

problem is, i neglected to lok into the future. so with my current setup, if i go above 108MPH i will need to either get a taller tire, or get 3.73/3.90's so i dont ahev to shift into 5th(OD gear)

 

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[KaPPaBaLL]

how abotu 4.10's

have had them in since before i got the t-56 in. i did some math before i did the t-56 and de3cided on them.

problem is, i neglected to lok into the future. so with my current setup, if i go above 108MPH i will need to either get a taller tire, or get 3.73/3.90's so i dont ahev to shift into 5th(OD gear)

oh shiot. the 5th gear on the t-56 is an OD gear? damn wtf. so i suppose 6th in a sense is an OD gear too and is a pulling gear compared to 5th correct. hope i'm making myself clear

 

[Playa]

oh shiot. the 5th gear on the t-56 is an OD gear? damn wtf. so i suppose 6th in a sense is an OD gear too and is a pulling gear compared to 5th correct. hope i'm making myself clear

yes in all t-56's that i am aware of the 5th and 6th gears are OD. im sure there are some race built trannys out there that are not, but i dont follow them

the viper spec trannys(mine) have a taller 5th and 6th gear from other trannys out there. i think my 5th is .73 and 6th is .52, or somethign like that. i dont ahev the nymbers infront of me right now

 

[KaPPaBaLL]

took you long enough

 

[KaPPaBaLL]

btw, how's your car running?

 

[JonJon]

Where did you go to get the work done? I'm in MD too.

 

[Playa]

btw, how's your car running?

fine, i just need to adjust the clutch cavle some more now....

Where did you go to get the work done? I'm in MD too.

i got it done from a mechanic freind of mine..

what part of MD are you from?

 

[JonJon]

i got it done from a mechanic freind of mine..

what part of MD are you from?

Aah. I'm in Rockville. I'm going back to Espeut Performance in Landover tonite to get my speedo fixed. He thinks one of the speed sensors broke.
Haven't had a speedo for the past few days

 

[Playa]

Aah. I'm in Rockville. I'm going back to Espeut Performance in Landover tonite to get my speedo fixed. He thinks one of the speed sensors broke.
Haven't had a speedo for the past few days

that would suck.... my speedo and RPM's were still showing...

there are some local shops to you.. but i cant really find any good local shops that have an awsoem rep, and is not a ricer shop. just make freinds local and your good.. kinda

BTW, check your PM's