Author Topic: TH350 reverse/3rd gear help!!!  (Read 1898 times)

Offline chuckie3225

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TH350 reverse/3rd gear help!!!
« on: September 03, 2015, 08:47:00 pm »
77 K10 with 350SB coupled to TH350. When I put the truck in reverse is moves just fine under the truck own power idling but if I give it throttle the RPMs just climb with little output from trans. also I just noticed that it's not shifting into third..  ready ..set...goo.

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Re: TH350 reverse/3rd gear help!!!
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2015, 12:19:33 am »
Third and reverse use the same clutch pack, which may very well be burned out in your trans.

I actually just finished rebuilding a TH350 where that was the case.
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Re: TH350 reverse/3rd gear help!!!
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2015, 01:21:06 pm »
im sure skinny hit the nail on the head but whats your trans fluid look/smell like?
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