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Old May 21, 2016 | 11:15 AM
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What Is It?

In repairing my ac I broke a 1/16 vac line going to this thing. The symptoms were I only had air flow to the defrost and my auto transmission was slipping so that I couldn't go over 30mph. The line is repaired and everything seams to be working correctly. So What Is it?
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Old May 21, 2016 | 01:30 PM
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Your vacuum reservoir tank. It makes sure there's always enough vacuum supply to operate the vacuum operated accessories on your truck.
 
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Old May 21, 2016 | 02:39 PM
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Don't know how many miles you drove with the tranny slipping, but I'd sure do a poor mans tranny fluid oil analysis, or maybe consider changing the fluid & filter to be safe, as a slipping tranny will over heat the fluid & clutch pack, not a good happening for longevity.
 
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Old May 21, 2016 | 03:03 PM
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I would guess that the trans wasn't slipping, it was simply not shifting.
 
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Thanks for the inputs. The tranny wasn't shifting and I only drove about a mile with it acting up. My tranny was serviced a couple months ago and hadn't acted up until I did the ac. It's all good for now.
 
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Well sounds like you probably didn't do much, if any fluid or clutch pack damage if you took it easy for that mile.
 
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