Tranny Problems

"BJohnson11" (brettjohnson01) 04/18/2014 at 18:45 • Filed to: None

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The trans in the '74 is slipping a bit, and when it does, it pukes ATF out the filler neck into the engine bay. Flammable ATF + hot long tube headers = BAD NEWS. I was driving it to the store around the block today and it started smoking. Pulled over and there was a lick of flame on the trans housing. I batted it out and limped back home (after letting the engine bay cool and wiping up the remaining ATF), but it's looking like I'll need the trans rebuilt. I figure I'll get a shift kit put in while I'm at it.

Nibbles > BJohnson11 04/18/2014 at 18:46

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Title is misleading

Dunnik > Nibbles 04/18/2014 at 18:51

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Yea, I was expecting some story about how you met this girl but then it turned out that...

Anyway, glad to see you caught it before it did serious damage.

PS9 > BJohnson11 04/18/2014 at 18:53

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Rebuilt? Sure, that's one option. There is of course another option that takes the flammable ATF right out of the picture...

lone_liberal > BJohnson11 04/18/2014 at 18:54

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I had a TH400 go out on me, which is not supposed to happen. At first the shifts just got soft and then it started noticeably slipping. Thankfully it never started puking in to the engine bay like yours. The shop who rebuilt it for me (I don't do ATs, that's black magic shit) put a shift kit on it without me even asking.

tromoly > Nibbles 04/18/2014 at 18:55

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Someone has a dirty mind.........

BJohnson11 > lone_liberal 04/18/2014 at 18:57

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Yea, the real trouble now will be finding a shop I trust. I have a buddy who's dad owns a shop, but said shop is about 2.5 hours from where I live. Hardly would be worth it to drive that far.

BJohnson11 > PS9 04/18/2014 at 18:58

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Another project for another vehicle I'm afraid. I'm not going to be putting too much money into this truck, and I'll probably try to sell it in a year or so.

Nibbles > BJohnson11 04/18/2014 at 18:59

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Definitely do your research before choosing which elves you want to work on your Magical Movement Actuator™

PS9 > BJohnson11 04/18/2014 at 19:31

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Could also just ignore us dumbass elitists and re-route the ATF lines with FAAAAR less cost and hassle then a manual swap, lol.

Takuro Spirit > PS9 04/18/2014 at 19:54

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Some manual transmissions actually USE regular ATF fluid.

/ruiningthejoke

PS9 > Takuro Spirit 04/18/2014 at 20:06

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YOUR MOM uses ATF!

/ruiningEverything

Takuro Spirit > PS9 04/18/2014 at 20:32

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YOU MOM'S A TRANNIE!!

/demsfightinwerds

crowmolly > BJohnson11 04/29/2014 at 23:02

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What trans?

BJohnson11 > crowmolly 04/29/2014 at 23:05

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TH400.

crowmolly > BJohnson11 04/30/2014 at 09:29

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Any other symptoms? Or just puking fluid?