sounds like tranny problems, and not simple ones Luther wrote: > Update. The fluid was still about 1/2 pint low. Added this amount. Fired > up the engine (after several hours of charging the dead battery) and laid > down to check the torque converter. The flywheel and tc are spinning > together. Ugh. Next, I loosened one of the cooler lines to check the front > pump. It took about 1/4 turn to have a steady stream of fluid flowing out. > Ugh. > Now, when I move the shifter into park, it wants to rattle and sounds similar > to a metal woodpecker. I'm going to drain the transmission and drop the pan > now. > > Luther, frustrated.... > > On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:59:22 -0600, Luther - laptop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I was driving down the interstate, had the cruise set, and suddenly the >> speedometer dropped to zero and the tach dropped to idle. I coasted to a >> stop and checked the fluid, it was toward the bottom of the add mark, so I >> added about 1 pint of fluid. Still no forward OR reverse gears. There >> was no noise that accompained the loss of gears, only the visual of >> loosing the speedo and tach.... Ideas, thoughts??? >> > > >
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