After talking to a very helpful gent at Eriksson in CT I decided my Torq Conv is toast.

I took off the pan from the transmission and it was very messy in there with a lot of shavings on the magnets and in the filter. There seemed to be some sludge in one of the paths under the valve unit as well.

The clutch packs are all in good shape and the bearings look fine. I ordered the overhaul kit and the clutch kit as well as the valve kit. So once it goes back in the car I hope it'll be good for another 100k. But I will be freshening the fluid every 30k and the filter at 50 or 60k.

Getting a new Tq Cnv from Jennings in Essex tomorrow. I intend to get the box back together before removing the intake manifold. Got too many parts lying around the garage already......

It is a bit of an awkward job to disassemble it but probably easier than removing it from the car!

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