tranny, blown diffy seal, or what????

[ksaldibar]

hey people. i was moving my truck earlier today and i ran into a problem. while moving in reverse down a hill into a parking spot, all of a sudden, i hear a loud clunk from underneath and my X slows down to a crawl while in reverse going down a hill. now i have been told three things so far and i was looking to hear from you people on what i was told.

#1 reverse is shot

#2 the linkage is busted

#3 i blew the gasket on the rear differential

after hearing #3 i went under my X and saw the bottow of the rear differential was covered with oil. upon further examination, i noticed that the rubber like gasket was hanging out and ripping apart. now do u guys think its #3 or what. going foward, i have no problems, or the problems are so small i cant notice them yet. i was told by someone who is pretty knowledgable that when this happens to fords, it tends to mess up reverse more than foward movement. i appreciate all your input. thnaks a lot in advance.

-ken

 

[addkev]

The rear diff. doesn't make sense to me, if it was the diff, you wouldn't have forward or reverse. It sounds to me like it is in the tranny.

 

[ksaldibar]

did i mention that is has 63k on it. i think i forgot. i know there were ptoblems with the old al4d trannys or whatever they were called, buti h ave the 5 spd auto. how could i possibly have lost reverse at 63k, or could it be the linkage?

 

[offroader_69_me]

diff cover ummmm NO
linkage Probably not considering that it is just on lever to the tranny
internal unfortunatley probably

I would take it to a trans shop and get them to listen to it maybe a quick test drive and get their opinion

 

[ksaldibar]

Originally posted by offroader_69_me
diff cover ummmm NO

what i meant to say was that i might of blewthe gasket and lost the fluid in the rear diffy. would a lack of fluid cause it to sieze up like that.

and if the problem is unfortunately the tranny itself, what do u guys think it would cost to fix reverse? thanks a bunch.

-ken

 

[ksaldibar]

finally i got it towed to a reliable shop today and founf out what was the matter with it. everybody including my self was wrong. it was the parking brake cable. what a relief. i should have it back tomorrow evening.

-ken