waynetrain
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hello fellow oil burners some of you know and have followed my very few post about my 1990 F super duty rollback truck that I found off in a field and brought back to life. I have done a lot of work, repairs and preventive maintenance on it says January but here is my current issue.
- I was able to get insurance on it and a tag today and took it for its official test drive I am not sure what transmission is in there but I do know that it has a trans brake and I am not familiar how they work I will research that after this post.
- I drove it about 15 miles around the city heading to my FIRST tow call :-(and started smelling trans fluid so I headed back to my shop, I pull up and transmission is just pouring out of the front of the transmission.
I am aware that the transmission is going to have to come out I honestly cannot afford to take it to a shop due to getting everything repaired on it and ready for the road.
- Why do front seals bust? Or leak?
- Could it be torque converter? If so what happened?
- I had to put it in 2nd gear with it having such a super super slow acceleration in D. At 15 mph I'd shift into 3rd/D manually, it pulls good I am not sure how the gears are set up in this since it is a tow truck any information that may guide me down the do-it-yourself path would be greatly appreciated.
- I have a very big financial responsibility and need to get this issue resolved hopefully by Monday so all of my hard work and effort don't go to waste.
- my towing contracts are in the mail to be accepted. .. I'm freaking out. .thanks guys
- I was able to get insurance on it and a tag today and took it for its official test drive I am not sure what transmission is in there but I do know that it has a trans brake and I am not familiar how they work I will research that after this post.
- I drove it about 15 miles around the city heading to my FIRST tow call :-(and started smelling trans fluid so I headed back to my shop, I pull up and transmission is just pouring out of the front of the transmission.
I am aware that the transmission is going to have to come out I honestly cannot afford to take it to a shop due to getting everything repaired on it and ready for the road.
- Why do front seals bust? Or leak?
- Could it be torque converter? If so what happened?
- I had to put it in 2nd gear with it having such a super super slow acceleration in D. At 15 mph I'd shift into 3rd/D manually, it pulls good I am not sure how the gears are set up in this since it is a tow truck any information that may guide me down the do-it-yourself path would be greatly appreciated.
- I have a very big financial responsibility and need to get this issue resolved hopefully by Monday so all of my hard work and effort don't go to waste.
- my towing contracts are in the mail to be accepted. .. I'm freaking out. .thanks guys