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> Trans Drain Plug, please confirm my suspicions
stepuptotheMike
post Jun 8 2009, 05:21 PM
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Gearbox whines in 2nd gear. Don't notice any noise out of any other gears. Popped the drain plug and found the following (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif)

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So I'm assuming that I need to pull the box at this point and fully inspect the thing to see how bad it is.

Is this time to (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) ?

Perhaps the Evil one could render his opinion.

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Mike
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stepuptotheMike   Trans Drain Plug   Jun 8 2009, 05:21 PM
rfuerst911sc   How many miles on the gearbox ? When was the last ...   Jun 8 2009, 05:31 PM
Project 6   You COULD try a fresh fill up of Swepco.......   Jun 8 2009, 05:33 PM
jt914-6   It looks like the tranny fluid hadn't been cha...   Jun 8 2009, 05:39 PM
stepuptotheMike   Don't know how many miles on the gearbox. Don...   Jun 8 2009, 05:51 PM
Larouex   I have a similiar issue. Can the tranny be drained...   Jun 8 2009, 06:01 PM
type2man   Yes, the tranny can be drained and filled in place...   Jun 8 2009, 06:02 PM
Cap'n Krusty   The color means NOTHING. Some gear oils are amber...   Jun 8 2009, 06:14 PM
Dr Evil   Mike, what Krust said. PM me, I may have an offer...   Jun 8 2009, 06:31 PM
stepuptotheMike   Mike, what Krust said. PM me, I may have an offe...   Jun 8 2009, 07:06 PM
r_towle   Whining is most likely a bearing. The ones in the ...   Jun 8 2009, 06:41 PM
type2man   One more thing, did you check to see how many quar...   Jun 8 2009, 06:49 PM
stepuptotheMike   One more thing, did you check to see how many qua...   Jun 8 2009, 07:03 PM
Dr Evil   DNHunts article is linked on my page. Its a good r...   Jun 8 2009, 06:57 PM
tat2dphreak   huh? causes problems? sorry to hijack, I'v...   Jun 9 2009, 10:33 AM
Cap'n Krusty   huh? causes problems? sorry to hijack, I...   Jun 9 2009, 10:37 AM
tat2dphreak   good to know... thx   Jun 9 2009, 10:39 AM
Dr Evil   Yup, the shift fork is constantly worn, and the sl...   Jun 9 2009, 11:02 AM
6freak   to remedy this problem is real easy ...just keep b...   Jun 9 2009, 11:10 AM
Gint   Fill it back up with gear oil and drive it like yo...   Jun 9 2009, 06:34 PM
r_towle   Or, pull the gear stack and send it to Dr Evil...i...   Jun 9 2009, 06:38 PM


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