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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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Oct 24, 2018 - 10:34am PT
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Smell test on t-fluid is good enough. Modern fluid doesn't have any organics in it, so smell won't tell you anything.
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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Oct 24, 2018 - 02:16pm PT
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Oh yes, it will.
What you would be smelling is burnt particles of clutch fiber & polyacrylic & or silicon high temp. seals of all types - metal clad - lathe cut(square cut) - o'ring(round).
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Oct 24, 2018 - 06:42pm PT
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It's hard to smell burnt tranny fluid after you've done a grrrrrr.
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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Oct 24, 2018 - 06:46pm PT
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No, it's the worst smell in the world.
Never get burnt trany fluid on you.
A shower won't help.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Oct 24, 2018 - 06:52pm PT
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Too late...I was tapping a tranny pan with a hammer and wooden block...i think it was the factory cork gasket...? the pan flew off dousing me with warm tranny fluid...
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Oct 24, 2018 - 06:54pm PT
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You got dosed by a tranny?
My my.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Oct 24, 2018 - 06:56pm PT
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A strawberry shower...
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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Oct 24, 2018 - 07:26pm PT
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I’m not seeing it. I have to wonder even if you thought you were dealing with a fully synthetic transmission with a burning smell, it wasn’t really Dextron - because “Dextron works for everything”. You’d have to send it to a lab to tell.
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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Oct 25, 2018 - 08:28am PT
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ATF is highly corrosive to rubber it will destroy rubber o'rings & seals. At first, they swell up which doesn't do anything any good.
RJ, why the wood block. Take the hammer - smack the bolt hole directly with the head - repeat till all bolt holes are flat. One hit per hole.
In the old day's ships were made of wood and the men were made of iron, today the ships are made of iron & the men are blockheads.
Clean pan before working on it.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Apr 15, 2019 - 09:25pm PT
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hey there, say...
ANYONE AROUND... that can help with this...
another question for a friend... for his daughter...
here it is:
Automotively inclined peeps:
The other night when pulling into North Muskegon, I started to hear a loud, crunching sound like I was dragging something under my truck. I pulled into a lot and looked underneath. Nothing. I couldn't see anything wrong. I got back in and it kept making the loud sound from under the front end. I pulled over again. I sat there for a second and decided to just take it to my apartment a block away, but the noise stopped.
I drove it around town today just fine. Headed back to YIP and at about Ann Arbor it started doing it again. I could feel something vibrate/smack in the floor and into the gas pedal. Again at the pad, I looked and nothing.
Driving performance is not affected and there are no alerts.
Anyone have any ideas?
i will check back...
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Apr 15, 2019 - 10:40pm PT
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hey there, say... she also says, this...
more of a crackling/crunchy knocking sound. It sounds like when you get a stick cought or something metal comes loose and drags on the ground.
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Apr 15, 2019 - 10:44pm PT
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Front wheel drive?
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Apr 15, 2019 - 10:48pm PT
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hey there, say...
let me ask her ... just a sec...
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Apr 15, 2019 - 10:50pm PT
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hey there say, ...
she added this...
Trying to research, but I'm tired and need sleep.
Ball joint or sway bar, maybe?
Steering is not compromised, no difference in turning or handling, and happens at slow and fast speeds.
okay, and this:
2 wheel drive. Neither turns nor speed made a difference, other than being stopped.
she add, also:
no. It's a 2006 Chevy Silverado.
I'm going to sleep soon and can't do anything about it tonight anyway
another good taco guy, thought it might be struts...
me, i wondered if it was subframe, as, that happened to me, once...
:O
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fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
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Apr 16, 2019 - 04:43am PT
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Really bad U-joint. Probably the first one in the driveshaft.
If they've got a go-pro it can really help determine where stuff like this is happening at speed.
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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Apr 16, 2019 - 07:11am PT
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Definitely bearings somewhere. It sounds like it would be trivial for a mechanic to locate, no go-pro needed.
This is the type of problem that becomes more expensive every additional block you drive it. A driveshaft is relatively cheap to get repaired - a few hundred - but ignored it will blow out the seals and bushings in whatever it is attached to, making things considerably more expensive. Very bad to keep driving.
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mastadon
Trad climber
crack addict
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Apr 16, 2019 - 09:25am PT
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The smell test can help tell you if a transmission is going or has gone south. Fluid from a bad tranny absolutely reeks.
In the mid 70’s I was changing the trans fluid on a Wagner loader. This thing was HUGE. There was a ladder that led to a deck that led to an elevated cab. It was designed for lifting a whole load of logs from a fully loaded log truck.
The bottom of the transmission probably 3’ to 4’ off the ground with the drain plug on the side near the bottom. I had a cut-in-half 55 gallon drum to drain the fluid into. With the pan below the drain, I loosened the plug with a 3/4 drive ratchet with a 4’ extension. When I got the plug broken loose I thought, hmmm, I better move the drain pan so the edge of the pan was in line with the edge of the tranny because the fluid was gonna come flying out. I had no idea just how far it would fly. I unscrewed the plug by hand and when it finally came off the ugly tranny fluid shot across the pan in a solid stream and hit me in the center of my chest.
I was doing this outside as there was no room in the shop. The guys in the shop laughed their asses off when I walked in dripping with warm ugly transmission fluid....
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fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
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Apr 16, 2019 - 09:27am PT
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Nothing compares to the stench of GL-5 Differential gear oil.... Used or fresh it stains your soul.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Apr 16, 2019 - 10:59am PT
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If it says Triton on the outside it's a V-10 on the inside...
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Apr 16, 2019 - 09:50pm PT
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hey there, say, fear, JLP, mastadon, and ksolem...
wow, say, THANKS so very very much!!
(i like that SMELL test, mastondon... will remember that)...
well, turned out, she finally GOT into to someone...
it was THE WHEEL BEARING...
*WAS trying to help her get through the night, as this was really bothering her and she had a long trip to make the next day...
she IS working on it...
thank you all!!!
this is a GREAT thread...
thanks for all of you chipping in...
happy good eve, and god bless!
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