doubledflooring
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- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '95 EB
Hello all,
I posted about my tranny probs a month ago and still have some issues.
1995 EB 4x4
4.0
190,000
Well after problems with clunking and shifting slippages after 4x4'ing I decided to change the fluid and filter. Fluid was pretty burnt and about 1/8" of sludge on the magnet. - new filter, one bottle of lucas and topped with fluid
Ran great - like it had new life
Couple weeks later I was having problems with the tranny again and decided to change out the fluid and filter again ... thinking that the filter might of got clogged with the old fluid that dumped from the TC. This time it was WAY burnt and stunk something horrible. - changed the filter, two bottles of lucas and topped off.
Ran great again.
Then it started acting up again. This time I figured we'd go to Valvoline Instant Oil change and have the tranny flushed. They first try to hook to the tranny lines ... but it seem there wasn't much pressure because they said the flush was moving EXTREMELY slow. So they said they could do it through the dipstick. The fluid again was horrible .... after they flushed as much as they could ... It was red again but with metallic flecks ....
Ran great for two days.
Today I drove it about 40 miles and it was smelling really burnt ... slipping bad again and limp mode 1st and third .... When I got to my destination ... Under the hood was smoking and SMELT HORRIBLY BURNT .... smoke from the tranny dipstick area. Felt the lines at the top of the cooler and the bottom. The top was warm ... but not HOT ... the bottom line was cold
Now before I get my filter and fluid again .... I'm believing the tranny cooler might be clogged or the pump is bad or going bad.
My belief is that when I run it first thing in the morning it hardly acts up ... but as it warms up .... then it starts acting up. So I believe the fluid is not getting cooled down at all ... ( either cooler plugged or pump is bad )
Now while I'm doing this i'll be replacing the VB gasket and possibly rebuilding it.
My questions are:
How to check for a clogged cooler?
How to check for a bad pump?
How to replace a bad pump?
My plans are while changing the fluid and filter again -
replace the VB gasket
possibly rebuild the VB
New filter
Bottle of lucas
new fluid
And whatever else is suggested.
I posted about my tranny probs a month ago and still have some issues.
1995 EB 4x4
4.0
190,000
Well after problems with clunking and shifting slippages after 4x4'ing I decided to change the fluid and filter. Fluid was pretty burnt and about 1/8" of sludge on the magnet. - new filter, one bottle of lucas and topped with fluid
Ran great - like it had new life
Couple weeks later I was having problems with the tranny again and decided to change out the fluid and filter again ... thinking that the filter might of got clogged with the old fluid that dumped from the TC. This time it was WAY burnt and stunk something horrible. - changed the filter, two bottles of lucas and topped off.
Ran great again.
Then it started acting up again. This time I figured we'd go to Valvoline Instant Oil change and have the tranny flushed. They first try to hook to the tranny lines ... but it seem there wasn't much pressure because they said the flush was moving EXTREMELY slow. So they said they could do it through the dipstick. The fluid again was horrible .... after they flushed as much as they could ... It was red again but with metallic flecks ....
Ran great for two days.
Today I drove it about 40 miles and it was smelling really burnt ... slipping bad again and limp mode 1st and third .... When I got to my destination ... Under the hood was smoking and SMELT HORRIBLY BURNT .... smoke from the tranny dipstick area. Felt the lines at the top of the cooler and the bottom. The top was warm ... but not HOT ... the bottom line was cold
Now before I get my filter and fluid again .... I'm believing the tranny cooler might be clogged or the pump is bad or going bad.
My belief is that when I run it first thing in the morning it hardly acts up ... but as it warms up .... then it starts acting up. So I believe the fluid is not getting cooled down at all ... ( either cooler plugged or pump is bad )
Now while I'm doing this i'll be replacing the VB gasket and possibly rebuilding it.
My questions are:
How to check for a clogged cooler?
How to check for a bad pump?
How to replace a bad pump?
My plans are while changing the fluid and filter again -
replace the VB gasket
possibly rebuild the VB
New filter
Bottle of lucas
new fluid
And whatever else is suggested.