my dad said it was normal because "its not a new vehicle and it never will be" okay soeant mean i shouldnt maintain it but whatever, so ok well is fluid isnt bad doesnt that hint that there wouldnt be anything mechanical broken in the transmission?
I figure if i do change transmission fluid ill just do it at the local shop (guy my family knows, everyone around goes to him and i hear nothing but good things price and performance wise) so i will know its done right and prob cheaper than going to VIP or something, and ill be supporting local economy
i think i can rule out unused brakes, i drove the truck like, day before yesterday, and i always noticed some tension groans when letting off teh brake slowly after holding it hard a bit (like to start the truck) but this was even if i let off completely and let it roll on its own, it sounded like stress underneath, that kind of creaky groan u might hear from a beached ship in movies, it sounded liek maybe the brakes hadnt let go completely and the transmission was fighting them a bit, bit i cant imagine that because the brakes work fine (mostly, ill get to that though). It doesnt make this sound in park or neutral, but i tried it in reverse, drive, and overdrive, all made the noise, more when i had some pressure on the brakes, but also when there was none.
The engine tick, yea, i know its old, but i want this truck to last for a long time, and at 160k miles, the engine shouldnt have noises liek constant tick (faster with engine rpm, noise seems to come from belt/pulley area) and i did see the reference in owners manual, what i am more worried abotu was after the engine warmed up, i would hear a louder "click" every couple seconds, different from the engine idle tick which was like every half second..
Now the brakes, i talk about in my registry, if i back out of a parking space for example, and slowly add pressure to the brake pedal to stop so i can shift to drive, sometimes i press teh brake pedal harder right off and i get a big pop under the truck somewhere and i feel it in the pedal, i figure rusty caliper pistons or something sticking in either rear drums or front calipers.. works fine otherwise so idk.
I know this list is getting pretty long, but i figure get it all out in one thread instead of spamming the forum with different threads for everything..
I have read on some forum thread where a member linked a page that had all of these lists for what might be a trans poblem, how to keep trans working, etc etc. It mentioned that if there is a long delay when shifting into reverse with the shifter, or drive, then something may be wrong. Well, when i throw shifter into reverse, i get a 1-2 second delay, then a thunk into reverse, which if i dont have the brakes on real hard, moves the truck some, like as it starts to try and push the truck backwards, if i have the brakes on hard, it doesnt move the truck but still has the delay, this a normal occurence with these things? my moms Ram does it too and has for thousands of miles, but hers doesnt delay nearly as much, just is a lot harsher.
again, im sorry to be overwhelming you guys but i really just want to figure out what to do with this thing before it starts having real issues..