zpd307
Registered User
well.......... the e40d almost completely died on me his weekend. i was pulling a little 12 foot camper from the 70's 3 1/2 hours west for duck hunting opener. by the time i got there, the tranny was stinking and hot. i was losing power but i thought it was from the major 30 mph headwind. it took 5 quarts of tranny fluid to refill what was lost and it was orange and BURNT. i could not find where it was leaking for the life of me. the tranny was wet, but has been for a long time because of a leaky rear main seal. i limped it home in 3rd the whole way, which seemed to help. anyway, the zf5 is going in asap. my question is, should i buy the full firewall bracing now before it goes in or just go with the small kit. or nothing at all and hope for the best. since it seems to be an issue with these, i would like to anyway. but, this is an unscheduled transplant, so money is an issue. i have to get this done before deer hunting which is mid november, in which i will be pulling up a camper again.