I think I may have smoked my transmission
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Well I dropped the valve body and opened the TCM housing up, there was a broken lead going to one side of the FR/B solenoid contact. Soldered it up with a piece of wire for backup, carefully cleaned everything up and put it back together. Reinstalled the TCM/valve body and put 7 quarts of Transmax in, and it's back on the road as of last Saturday. So far no code returned. So, what does the temp usually run if you drive it hard for a few minutes? I got up to about 217 degrees but I also got it up to about a hundred in a short period of time.
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Bad thing is now that I've had a good look inside the housing, now I'm thinking about finding a junkyard unit to rebuild myself... I have a love hate relationship with working on things. If I have enough money to work on something I love it. If I screw up and break something expensive I hate it.
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I would strongly recommend having the best auto tranny rebuild shop in town do the work of rebuilding an automatic. It can definitely be done but requires a LOT of patience and experience working with them in order for it to go smoothly. Don't brute force ANYTHING, it will all slide apart if you're doing it right.
A rebuilt kit is about $500 and a rebuilt transmission is about $1000, well worth the extra $500 imo. Throw in a transgo shift kit while you're at it
A rebuilt kit is about $500 and a rebuilt transmission is about $1000, well worth the extra $500 imo. Throw in a transgo shift kit while you're at it
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Now sure I've never tried tbh. You can always check the radiator for debris blockage and use an IR scan gun to shoot the individual runners for an exact temp. There should be a noticeable drop in temp from the inlet to outlet side, easily measured with an IR temp gun.
Honestly though I'm betting the tranny is just smoked considering how much glitter you drained out of the pan, high friction causing metal wear like that creates a LOT of extra heat but I don't know what normal operating temp is for THIS transmission so....
EDIT: So a quicky google search says 195 F is normal operating temp (or engine coolant temp due to heatsink effect) and that 220 is within the normal range still.
Honestly though I'm betting the tranny is just smoked considering how much glitter you drained out of the pan, high friction causing metal wear like that creates a LOT of extra heat but I don't know what normal operating temp is for THIS transmission so....
EDIT: So a quicky google search says 195 F is normal operating temp (or engine coolant temp due to heatsink effect) and that 220 is within the normal range still.
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I've already told my son when he gets a vehicle it's gonna have all but one spark plug taken out, for fuel efficiency...lol. No I actually worry about the daughter more cause I know for sure what my son will do, so I'm kinda prepared. My daughter OTOH, what's gonna happen when she decides she's comfortable enough to act like dad....oh f......mind...blown....and if she survives high fives given....lol. Yeah, I'm just saying I know if I stay away from it it may be ok. If she starts acting like me I better be beefing the cooler up. And taking out a few spark plugs....for fuel efficiency.