MediumD
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Yesterday I was telling someone how I was almost at 40k of relatively trouble free ownership on this Mark VIII (alternator, oil filter adapter gasket were all the problems I had.)
Today I'm driving a 375mi round trip to Tucumcari NM. On the way I wind it out to the 130 limiter catching up to a CTS that had just blown by me, and I use him as a cop magnet following behind him at 110.. I stop to take a leak and continue on at a normal speed, but now it seems like the torque convector is unlocking up the slightest grade. My instant MPG reading is lower than I would expect by 3-4mpg.
On the way back, I've got cruise set at 79mph, a little over 2k rpm. Suddenly the rpms shoot up to 3500, then 4500 and climbing.. I turn off cruise, pop it in neutral and coast to a stop. Check the fluid, level's good and it doesn't smell bad. This is where the swearing begins.
I guess it toasted the one way clutch, because it's good in 1st and 2nd, then acts like it's in neutral when it tries to upshift to 3rd. I limped it back at 3400rpm at 55mph in 2nd, managed 19.7mpg doing it too. It's got 118k on it now, I figured I had another 25k in it at least but I guess not.
Now to figure out what to do with it, it's ugly inside and out, but has run great up to this point. Since I have the Super Coupe I was really only using it as a work/highway car, and was planning on selling it. It will probably get parted, because even if I fix it it's not worth more than 1500.
I don't foresee the swearing ending any time soon.
Today I'm driving a 375mi round trip to Tucumcari NM. On the way I wind it out to the 130 limiter catching up to a CTS that had just blown by me, and I use him as a cop magnet following behind him at 110.. I stop to take a leak and continue on at a normal speed, but now it seems like the torque convector is unlocking up the slightest grade. My instant MPG reading is lower than I would expect by 3-4mpg.
On the way back, I've got cruise set at 79mph, a little over 2k rpm. Suddenly the rpms shoot up to 3500, then 4500 and climbing.. I turn off cruise, pop it in neutral and coast to a stop. Check the fluid, level's good and it doesn't smell bad. This is where the swearing begins.
I guess it toasted the one way clutch, because it's good in 1st and 2nd, then acts like it's in neutral when it tries to upshift to 3rd. I limped it back at 3400rpm at 55mph in 2nd, managed 19.7mpg doing it too. It's got 118k on it now, I figured I had another 25k in it at least but I guess not.
Now to figure out what to do with it, it's ugly inside and out, but has run great up to this point. Since I have the Super Coupe I was really only using it as a work/highway car, and was planning on selling it. It will probably get parted, because even if I fix it it's not worth more than 1500.
I don't foresee the swearing ending any time soon.