Well, i took the guts out.......and hell came out.
Let me explain what i found inside, and then i will submit some questions, for which i need a DESPERATE answer.
1.So, i have three BIG parts. First one shows after removing the bellhousing & oil pump. It's quite light, and it has only two frictions and 3 steel plates. I suppose it is the reverse clutch. It also has a band. This part has no damage.
2.Then we find a hard part, like a plate, separating the first drum from the other two. I removed this too, and i could see another BIG drum, composed of two pieces. First one looks fine and has 5 frictions and 6 steel plates. However i don't see any wave plate. Shouldn't there be one? I suppose this one is the forward clutch? - looks fine too.
3. Inside this drum there is another one, with 6 frictions and 7 steels. Still no wave plate. The 6 frictions are all worn out - which i presume is the cause for the bad oil smell and lots of carbon deposit - and there is a clearance of about 5.5 mm between the pressure plate and the lower edge of the gap for the safety retainer. Is this ok? It seems to me that the clearance is alitle big. I measured a new friction and it's about 0.5 mm, so 6 good frictions will decrease the clearance with about 3 mm, but there still remains a 2.5 mm clearance. Is it ok?
-Is it possible that this gap caused the bang felt when changing from the 2nd to third?
4. After removing the safety the last part comes out, and at the same time the most unpleasant surprise. After removing the planetary from this third DRUM, i could see a very damaged retainer - i mean extremely damaged -. I suppose that it didn't get oiled. The outside retainer of the bearing is also damaged because of this. I can't explain very well in words. I have some good pictures, but unfortunately, can't post them.
My problem is what could have caused this retainer to wear so much?
I found several valves stuck in the valve body - so stuck that i couldn't even remove them with a BIG hammer . I will for shure buy a new valve body and shift solenoids.
I would like to know the apropriate clearance for the clutches, and exactely how many frictions should i have in each clutch, and also if there shouldn't have been wave plates somwhere there.
Appreciate the help.
Thanks