Trans spilling it's guts!

[Sparx Macgyver]

OK,I feel a fool,but I got it all back together,and tried starting the truck. Problem. Truck is running,but trans is just pouring out fluid from the dust plate. Is it possibly a quick and easy fix? Kinda broke, and if I can't get it fixed by Monday, it's being towed off.

[BobbyFord]

Trans has to come out to inspect. Maybe front seal popped out?

[Sparx Macgyver]

Oddly enough, I think that may be the issue. I was just hoping it would be something to fix without taking it down. Ah well. Time to take it back off. Thanks Bobby.

[Sparx Macgyver]

OK, part two. While I went and bought a couple of seals, my brother tried starting it to see if it even moved. No reverse,nor drive. I'm thinking bands adjustment. Sound like the right direction?

[BobbyFord]

Too hard to speculate what is wrong. Is this a simple trans swap or did you overhaul it?

[Sparx Macgyver]

Overhauled. I don't recall adjusting the bands, so that is why I went there. Initially, I found out one of my planetary gears was ground down,which the initial thought process was thats why I didn't have any drive gears, only reverse. Just now in the last few days got it installed, only to have the leak. Hopefully,can get that taken care of quickly.

[fordman]

possibly the band adjustment. or it is out of fluid from the leak.

[Sparx Macgyver]

I thought that too, but the amount lost is no where near the amount I put in.

[BobbyFord]

The front (intermediate) band gets tightened to 10 ft. lbs. and then backed off 1 1/2 turns, the rear (low/reverse) band gets tightened to 10 ft. lbs. and then backed off 3 turns...

[Sparx Macgyver]

Ok,just to make sure I fully understand this, it's 1.5 full rotations and then 3. So,if my wrench is at the 12 o'clock position,then it would go once around and stop at 6 o'clock, then 3 full on the back?

[BobbyFord]

Correct.

[Sparx Macgyver]

OK. Thank you.

[Sparx Macgyver]

Oye. If it's not one thing...

OK,so here goes. Taking things off the trans, so we can take it off, my brother was working on the u-joint, getting the u-bolts out and getting ready to slide it off the back side of the trans. Next thing I hear is a pop/clink. I get under to see what happened, and one part of the u-joint is popped off. Great. Well, I tell him to carefully continue with a couple small pieces (trans cooler lines) while I get my other light out so we can see better. I come out from my storage closet, and he says he put the joint back to gether. All the bearings are back in it. Unfortunatly, I know his skill level, which is less than mine, and that since they were coated in rocks and dirt, I think it needs to just be replaced. Easy? Difficult? There not expensive. Like $10. Just don't feel like putting it together just to have to take that part off again.

[Sparx Macgyver]

Is there an easy way to get the fitting off a trans? I'm talking the trans cooler line, rear line. It shredded off in the trans case.

[fordman]

use a easy out inside of the broken off piece . it taps in (with a hammer) and then you turn it left handed to extract the screw.