Transmissions

General Lee 01 · March 6, 2001

What causes Transmissions to Burn up?

NeXuS1 · March 6, 2001

poor cooling? never changed fluid? lack of fluid? big rock smashing into it causing a hole, whichs point back to lack of fluid. i know in the dakota i had a while back (first truck i owned) it had a little rubber plug come out and pumped all the fluid.

March 6, 2001

The worst enemy is heat. It is also the hardest to detect. One of my buddies has an older Chevy with the 6.2 diesel. He went through three or four TH-700's before he discovered a small leak in the water pump that was allowing water to drain below the tranny cooler line in the radiator. The engine never ran hot and the tranny fluid never turned black.

General Lee 01 · March 9, 2001

So, What if I just sat in the Driveway all day and played around with the lever (I know you have to be really stupid to do that, but I'm jyst saying)?

March 9, 2001

Did you tear up your Mom's tranny? If so, give us specifics and we'll try and help you out.

Zane · March 9, 2001

Quote: from General Lee 01 on 11:35 pm on Mar. 8, 2001
So, What if I just sat in the Driveway all day and played around with the lever (I know you have to be really stupid to do that, but I'm jyst saying)?

Do i detect something went wrong?? :biggrin:

General Lee 01 · March 9, 2001

NO, I didn't sit in the driveway all day and play with the lever. I just asked would that burn up the Tranny IF I did. (My mom's car is Manual anyway) I'm asking about Autos.

March 9, 2001

No, that won't hurt anything.

summitXMK · March 9, 2001

You won't burn it up that way but you can mess up the linkage or if it is actually chifting from reverse to drive you can break some internals like when your stuck and you throw it badk and forth to rock it out. If you messed up the linkage just cut a hole in the floorboards and shift it with a pair of vicegrips. :)thats what we do on our demo cars!!

Zane · March 9, 2001

Quote: from General Lee 01 on 10:20 am on Mar. 9, 2001
NO, I didn't sit in the driveway all day and play with the lever. I just asked would that burn up the Tranny IF I did. (My mom's car is Manual anyway) I'm asking about Autos.

I ws just messing with ya anyway! :biggrin: