Metric 200 help?

[James Perrone]

Broke the sprag

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by James Perrone

Broke the sprag

There would be metal everywhere, including on the dip stick, yes?

[Bob Don]

Broke the sprag. Happened to my 200 and there was no sign of anything until the tranny came apart. Same symptom - no first gear.

[ss3011]

Originally Posted by Bob Don

Broke the sprag. Happened to my 200 and there was no sign of anything until the tranny came apart. Same symptom - no first gear.

Your trans would lock up in 1st gear , would not move , and stall against the converter like the transbrake was on ?

On a 200 if the roller clutch was broken or wouldn't hold then there would be no 1st gear , but if the low/rev clutch was applied it may be able to move in low range . The low roller clutch and the low/rev clutch hold the same gearset when they work . In 2nd and 3rd gear they need to free wheel or the tranny will lock up . Ed's trans moves in 2nd and 3rd gear so neither of those are applied .

[Ed McLawhorn Jr.]

Update. Inside trans everything looked like brand new. Turns out a part inside the trans solenoid came apart. The result was the transbrake would engage when I went to 1st gear. Fortunately, Mcclay sold us a rebuild kit for his solenoid and everything is working as it should. Really got lucky...no broken gear sets or anything else expensive. Thanks for your input.

[Mike Pearson]

Was it faster than the glide? According to what I have been told it should be about .20 faster than the glide.

[Ed McLawhorn Jr.]

Originally Posted by Mike Pearson

Was it faster than the glide? According to what I have been told it should be about .20 faster than the glide.

Mike, I really don't know at this point. I carried untested car to Atlanta points race and made 2-soft setup passes in nhra TNT just to get a feel for it. I ran out of time to for a hard pass for 1/4. I paid for track TNT for 1/8 mile pass. It broke on the first track TNT pass. Hoping to try it again when it cools off.