Dirtleg
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Hey all I've been off the boards for most of the past 6 weeks but finally have internet again (satellite yuk).
Today while picking up hay bales from a field my transmision overheated. My wife was driving and I was picking up the bales and putting them on the trailer. If I had been driving I would have shut it off prior to it overheating. She didn't look at the gauge which read 230+ when I finally got a look at it. The sender is mounted in the drivers side port of the transmission body.
I have been abusing the hell out of this thing for the past 6 weeks and it would have been fried many times over if not for the humongous Tru-Cool cooler I installed back in February. I have been hauling tools and equipment all over the place and the truck has just accepted all the loads (12k - 15K trailer weights) and kept going. Earlier this week I pulled a 12,000 lb Track Hoe over some fairly steep grades (6 % +) and the tranny temps never got over 170*. So I was a little surprised it overheated in a field pulling a trailer with 60 hay bales on it.
The fluid is leaking out of the front seal on the transmission. We noticed the leak and stopped driving it before it stopped pulling. I had to borrow a GMC (duramax)with a gooseneck hitch to pull my trailer home. IMO the torque converter clutch fried itself and melted the front seal of the transmission. I did a little searching and found some posts that seemed to support this idea.
So my questions are;
Should I do a full rebuild of the tranny? The one in there is a rebuild itself and has most likely had all the updates. It has a rebuild tag with some barcodes on it so it might be a factory rebuild.
If it is a factory rebuild what would the warranty have been? If it's still within the warranty time/mileage limits would that be transferrable to any owners other than the original purchaser?
Why should I not just replace the front seal and get a triple disc converter?
If I do a rebuild what are some good parts suppliers for this transmission? Also who has a good triple disc torque converter that won't break the bank? American made only please.
I want to state that this transmission has been performing above and beyond any expectations I had. Since buying the farm the truck and gooseneck combo have been invaluable and I rarely go a day without pulling something. For an old truck it has really hung in there. I know a guy with a 2007 Duramax/Allison combo who blew up his tranny pulling lighter loads than I have been pulling on the same roads/highways.
Well thanks for reading my long winded post. I am looking forward to seeing what's next with this truck.
Today while picking up hay bales from a field my transmision overheated. My wife was driving and I was picking up the bales and putting them on the trailer. If I had been driving I would have shut it off prior to it overheating. She didn't look at the gauge which read 230+ when I finally got a look at it. The sender is mounted in the drivers side port of the transmission body.
I have been abusing the hell out of this thing for the past 6 weeks and it would have been fried many times over if not for the humongous Tru-Cool cooler I installed back in February. I have been hauling tools and equipment all over the place and the truck has just accepted all the loads (12k - 15K trailer weights) and kept going. Earlier this week I pulled a 12,000 lb Track Hoe over some fairly steep grades (6 % +) and the tranny temps never got over 170*. So I was a little surprised it overheated in a field pulling a trailer with 60 hay bales on it.
The fluid is leaking out of the front seal on the transmission. We noticed the leak and stopped driving it before it stopped pulling. I had to borrow a GMC (duramax)with a gooseneck hitch to pull my trailer home. IMO the torque converter clutch fried itself and melted the front seal of the transmission. I did a little searching and found some posts that seemed to support this idea.
So my questions are;
Should I do a full rebuild of the tranny? The one in there is a rebuild itself and has most likely had all the updates. It has a rebuild tag with some barcodes on it so it might be a factory rebuild.
If it is a factory rebuild what would the warranty have been? If it's still within the warranty time/mileage limits would that be transferrable to any owners other than the original purchaser?
Why should I not just replace the front seal and get a triple disc converter?
If I do a rebuild what are some good parts suppliers for this transmission? Also who has a good triple disc torque converter that won't break the bank? American made only please.
I want to state that this transmission has been performing above and beyond any expectations I had. Since buying the farm the truck and gooseneck combo have been invaluable and I rarely go a day without pulling something. For an old truck it has really hung in there. I know a guy with a 2007 Duramax/Allison combo who blew up his tranny pulling lighter loads than I have been pulling on the same roads/highways.
Well thanks for reading my long winded post. I am looking forward to seeing what's next with this truck.