First off, let me say THANK YOU ALL for your kind words & wishing me well with my new company.
Slybones aka Fred I'm looking forward to seeing you Wednsday morning.
Now on to your question Bill, I'm not quite sure why you picked this forum to ask me those questions, as you already know the answers, I suspect it is just your way of grandstanding.
Will a customer of mine leave my shop with a Torque Loc or a Mystery switch? No, he won't. Most people who buy an automatic do so because they don't want the hassle of shifting a stick. Which means to me that they also don't want any hassles with their automatic, they want a control system that is fully automatic & as foolproof as possible.
Is your new Smart Controller that way?
If it's like the product we disscussed making while we were both still at BD, it sounds like a product that I would recommend.
I'd have to install one and test it for myself before commiting myself though.
As for the Pressure Lock as a "stand alone" item, again you know answer, but it seems you want to see it in print. A pressure loc along with a valve body works well, one can say why not buy a valve body with a pressure lock built into it, but as of now there is no product out there that does that. Yes one can modify the boost valve circut in the valve body to give the effect of a pressure lock, but that only does the torque converter clutch circut, not the complete trans clutch circuts.
You say you don't mean to attack my integrity, yet you could have easily picked up the phone & asked me or e-mailed me, but you choose this route... . one has to wonder why.
I have a great respect for your knowledge of transmissions, I do however question your way of doing things sometimes.
Yes, Papa Joe I'm afraid it was me that started the knocking joke, ask Steve
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[This message has been edited by Piers (edited 04-29-2001). ]