Learning Curve

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Hiya All,

Just thought I'd pass this along...............

Last summer I had my AutoStick completely rebuilt.  The firm (German Transaxle) did a very nice job.  In the course of the job they had to send out the torque converter to have it rebuilt.  

Since I have had the car back its acceleration has been terrible.  Much worse than before.  Turns out that the torque converter was rebuilt incorrectly and I now have no (or VERY little stall speed).  Stall speed is a term I was blissfully ignorant of before this rebuild.

Seems that a properly functioning torque coverter will "stall" until the engine revs hit the 2200 neighborhood.  That allows the transmission to engage with the engine revved up and ready to accelerate the car.  Sort of analagous to stepping on the gas a bit before engaging a manual into gear.  With no stall speed in my torque converter the engine is trying to pull the car away from a dead stop at RPMs just over an idle.  Talk about sluggish acceleration!

So, I'm about to "go in" and pull the torque converter and, while I'm there replace the clutch assembly.  Anybody have any words of wisdom they'd care to share at this time?

Mike

1970 AS Bug