My Saga With The 10R80 (Will Update)

[5thranger]

Did any of those Chryslers have the push button transmission? We had one when I was a tot but don't remember the model.

Volare and Aspen were very poor quality.

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[dtech]

Did any of those Chryslers have the push button transmission? We had one when I was a tot but don't remember the model.

Yeah the valiant did, the buttons were on the left side of the dash, I remember this well because my younger brother, maybe 7 or 8 got in the car and apparently hit the neutral button and the car rolled down the driveway into the street, we go outside and he's in the car trying to turn the steering wheel like he was driving. This was before the interlocks and other safety devices.

 

[dtech]

Volare and Aspen were very poor quality.

Yeah I recall they used early solid state ignition and would burn out a ballast resistor, plus iirc they were marketed using Chrysler "lean burn" which was mostly bs. The gran fury wagon with the 383 v8 was pretty nice but the tranny went out at around 60k, Chrysler products were know in the late 80s and 90s to have early tranny failures, I recall reading an article where a teardown of Chrysler and toyota trannies was done and the difference was astounding.

 

[5thranger]

Yeah I recall they used early solid state ignition and would burn out a ballast resistor, plus iirc they were marketed using Chrysler "lean burn" which was mostly bs. The gran fury wagon with the 383 v8 was pretty nice but the tranny went out at around 60k, Chrysler products were know in the late 80s and 90s to have early tranny failures, I recall reading an article where a teardown of Chrysler and toyota trannies was done and the difference was astounding.

The ballast resistor failed frequently my parents had a late 70's Aspen with a slant six and it was a poorly made car.

 

[ctechbob]

Yeah I recall they used early solid state ignition and would burn out a ballast resistor, plus iirc they were marketed using Chrysler "lean burn" which was mostly bs. The gran fury wagon with the 383 v8 was pretty nice but the tranny went out at around 60k, Chrysler products were know in the late 80s and 90s to have early tranny failures, I recall reading an article where a teardown of Chrysler and toyota trannies was done and the difference was astounding.

If it isn't running, that's the leanest burn you can get!!!

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