Nasty trans explosion! - Page 2

tj310 · 05-13-2016, 12:27 PM

5 seconds for the ambulance to arrive , great response ! or premonition ?
---Trevor

CMcAllister · 05-13-2016, 01:01 PM

I had to look. The flashpoint of petroleum ATF is only around 350F. I saw a fellow kill a T400 in a pulling truck. Looked almost as bad as this one. I see in multiple places people saying that the converter exploded/came apart. He may have had a fuel line cut, but I have no doubt that it's possible that was all ATF.

1320racer · 05-13-2016, 03:58 PM

from the narrative accompanying the video...

"explosion of the transmission and fuel fire"

Ed Fernandez · 05-13-2016, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andys dad

sorry ed - next time i will check with you before giving my opinion which included more than a trans failure

suspicious lack of parts and trans fluid on the ground and the flash fire seemed suspicious as well.

After responding to this you can go back to sleep

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Tom Goldman · 05-13-2016, 05:30 PM

Wouldn't be surprised it was a flexplate ring gear came apart and severed the fuel line .
Saw a very similar explosion like this a few years ago caused by that .

Alan Nyhus · 05-13-2016, 07:06 PM

I was a front seat passenger in a '701/2 Z28 one night that peeled the ring gear off the flexplate at about 6,000 rpm in second gear. The ring gear sawed the right subframe almost in two, blew the rt front tire and cut the fuel, brake and trans cooler lines along with ventilating the rt. side of the block.

Don't know how big the fireball was from the outside.

It was d@m^^ big from the inside of the car........

1320racer · 05-13-2016, 08:36 PM

I've made over 5000 passes and have never "peeled the ring gear off the flexplate." Matter of fact I have never broken a weld on my flexplate, no surprise to me, I don't buy junk parts. Thanks ATI!

05-13-2016, 12:27 PM	#11
tj310 Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dresden On. Canada Posts: 460 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Nasty trans explosion! 5 seconds for the ambulance to arrive , great response ! or premonition ? ---Trevor

05-13-2016, 01:01 PM	#12
CMcAllister Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Fulton County, PA Posts: 623 Likes: 17 Liked 930 Times in 264 Posts	Re: Nasty trans explosion! I had to look. The flashpoint of petroleum ATF is only around 350F. I saw a fellow kill a T400 in a pulling truck. Looked almost as bad as this one. I see in multiple places people saying that the converter exploded/came apart. He may have had a fuel line cut, but I have no doubt that it's possible that was all ATF.

05-13-2016, 03:58 PM	#13
1320racer VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 2,628 Likes: 160 Liked 759 Times in 379 Posts	Re: Nasty trans explosion! from the narrative accompanying the video... "explosion of the transmission and fuel fire"

05-13-2016, 05:30 PM	#15
Tom Goldman VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Allentown,PA Posts: 2,479 Likes: 899 Liked 888 Times in 239 Posts	Re: Nasty trans explosion! Wouldn't be surprised it was a flexplate ring gear came apart and severed the fuel line . Saw a very similar explosion like this a few years ago caused by that . __________________ Tom Goldman 1500 SG , 1506 STK

05-13-2016, 07:06 PM	#16
Alan Nyhus VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lower Dakota territory Posts: 1,182 Likes: 1,074 Liked 800 Times in 237 Posts	Re: Nasty trans explosion! I was a front seat passenger in a '701/2 Z28 one night that peeled the ring gear off the flexplate at about 6,000 rpm in second gear. The ring gear sawed the right subframe almost in two, blew the rt front tire and cut the fuel, brake and trans cooler lines along with ventilating the rt. side of the block. Don't know how big the fireball was from the outside. It was d@m^^ big from the inside of the car........ __________________ "That'll never work....."

05-13-2016, 08:36 PM	#17
1320racer VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 2,628 Likes: 160 Liked 759 Times in 379 Posts	Re: Nasty trans explosion! I've made over 5000 passes and have never "peeled the ring gear off the flexplate." Matter of fact I have never broken a weld on my flexplate, no surprise to me, I don't buy junk parts. Thanks ATI! Last edited by 1320racer; 05-13-2016 at 08:42 PM.