700-r4 Failure
Today When leaving the drive way I noticed a ticking noise when starting off in either drive or reverse. It kind of almost sounded like there was a buzzing noise as well. It would do this when taking off then go away and seem to be fine. I did not go far from the house so i only got into third gear, but 2nd and 3rd gear seemed to work fine. Then when turning out onto the road back to the house there was a pretty loud bang and it started slipping, and running rough. I shut the engine off, started it back up put it into gear and the engine died. I then tried it again and it doesn't bog the engine down anymore, it just won't move. When I put it in either 1st or reverse it will lerch just a little bit and then just sit and squel a little bit, I haven't done this much in fear of burning up the clutches. Any ideas? The pump maybe? Don't know why the pump would kill the engine. I have some tranny experience but am far from an expert and any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
83 6.2J C20, th400 swapped for rebulit 700-r4, 3 in duals w/ crossover pipe, flowmaster 50's, turned up pump