converter lock up

[SIXINAROW]

Originally Posted by chuckger

Yes you should be able to touch the wire to ground and have it lock up. Just so you know, the tranny will not allow lockup to engage in park or neutral, not even with the direct ground you have to be in gear. Check you ground and make sure you have a good solid ground.
Chuck

thanks for the reply, yea I had it in gear and tried it going down the road. My toggle has a led light in it and when you turn it on the light is on I'm getting power then when the truck locks the convertor in fourth gear the light will go off on my toggle switch so "I think" that is when the computer turns off the power to that wire witch activates the convertor. same as grounding the wire out I do understand that and how it is suppose to work but not sure why it does not. I have ground right to the battery just to make sure it was not the ground wire still nothing.

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[kalkhokm]

Originally Posted by chuckger

The pins should be the same, as far as I know the only changes between years is the color of the wire you tap at the tranny.

As far as using the T.C. lock to launch, no you cannot use it for this purpose because if you lock it while you are sitting still it will kill the engine. It is like dropping the clutch in a standard while sitting still... A good time to lock the converter is at about 1500 rpm in second gear, it seems to be about the right power range in my truck. If you get good timing and you lock it at 1500 the truck just sits you back in the seat and pulls very hard al the way to 100 plus mph. Its awsome Be careful if you are running a stock tranny though, those locked shifts under high power are an input shafts worst nightmare!
Chuck

in my 99, the tc lock-up switch wont lock the tc until second gear, so if im at a stop (in first gear) i can flip the toggle switch and accelerate. when i hit second gear, the tc locks up and continues to do so into OD (wont lock in 1st). therefor i can launch with the lock up switch on.

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[SIXINAROW]

Originally Posted by kalkhokm

in my 99, the tc lock-up switch wont lock the tc until second gear, so if im at a stop (in first gear) i can flip the toggle switch and accelerate. when i hit second gear, the tc locks up and continues to do so into OD (wont lock in 1st). therefor i can launch with the lock up switch on.

that sounds cool Kalkhokm I bet you use it alot. I just took off my jump wire too see if that might do something no codes yet or check engine lights

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[tractorpuller]

Originally Posted by kalkhokm

in my 99, the tc lock-up switch wont lock the tc until second gear, so if im at a stop (in first gear) i can flip the toggle switch and accelerate. when i hit second gear, the tc locks up and continues to do so into OD (wont lock in 1st). therefor i can launch with the lock up switch on.

hmm, wonder if that would be the same on my 97. Have to try this.

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[PULN PWR]

Sixinarow;

Sorry, a little off topic, but whos modded CP3 do you have?

Chad

[SIXINAROW]

I did it myself, drilled out some holes and cut a bigger notch out of the plunger I got the info from this site. seems to work good add's alot more fuel
"serious fuel considerations,... dual vs single" hope this helps

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[06FlameRed]

any one do this on an 06 thanks

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[PULN PWR]

Originally Posted by SIXINAROW

I did it myself, drilled out some holes and cut a bigger notch out of the plunger I got the info from this site. seems to work good add's alot more fuel
"serious fuel considerations,... dual vs single" hope this helps

Hahahaha, ya..... that was my post I started.

Thanks again!

Chad

[SIXINAROW]

anyone out there ever done a lock up on a 03

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[feelmecummin]

i did my lockup...its an 03
mine is a delayed lockup though, i think its bc of my valve body

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[SIXINAROW]

Originally Posted by feelmecummin

i did my lockup...its an 03
mine is a delayed lockup though, i think its bc of my valve body

so yours works could, you tell me what I might of did wrong on mine I have a vb also

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[BBRam]

Hey Six, when you figure it out, I want one too.:thumbsup

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