FRANKENTRUCK
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- Joined
- Jul 21, 2012
- Posts
- 268
- Reaction score
- 11
- Location
- By The Sea
- First Name
- Pierce
- Truck Year
- 1981 1968
- Truck Model
- C10 Deluxe Stepside C10
- Engine Size
- 350 with 350 Turbo transmission
Since I got the truck back from the mechanic with a new distributor the carb has been sticking in high idle whenever I hit the gas to drive. If you hit the gas hard it idles (most of the way) down again. What has got me worried is this. I did not realize the high idle problem when I picked up the truck (nor did they tell me until I drove back there) and when I stopped the truck and put it into park then back into gear it jumped into gear. This happened about twice more before I was able to get out of high idle. Now when it idles most of the way down going from 1st to 2nd gear is not as smooth as it was before all this. It takes higher RPMs to get it to go to 2nd now (and it is not as seamless and smooth as before) so I fear I may have accidentally damaged the transmission. There is a little "JOLT" when it shifts now that was not there before, but I confess I have felt worse ones. My mechanic thinks the RPMs are still too high and this is why it is not shifting as smoothly as before. Any thoughts to help ease my mind? I just sunk a bunch of money onto this truck and will be ungovernably FURIOUS if the transmission is damaged.