Here is the prob I have.....the truck had a small ticking that I herd on acceleration.......sometimes it was there and sometimes it was not.....

I had a rattel when I started up the truck so I thought that it might be the starter....so off it came...oh ya I have been trying to set the timing for the past 3 weeks....(just by ear).....and once by a light.........but anyway I took off the starter and the bendix was clean and did not look like anything was going wrong with it..so I had a friend start up the truck and I listened from under.....

Well I proved only one thing.......was not a engine knock but it came from the front of the trany........so I took off the inspection plate and took a look(looking for any marks on the flywheel.......no marks and no visable cracks and the fly ran strait and smooth when it was running but still had the start up knocking.............

Well I was going to take off the trany and check it out but too big of a job for today so I just put all back together and decided to just check all my fluids instead and wait till I can get it up on a hoist to get the trany off.............

low and behold the trany fluid was low and after filling it up (about 1-1.5 liters) the knocking was gone..............

any explination of this for me would be greatly appreciated and is there any other probs I should look for except find out why I was low on fluid.........................I have alyays known that you would just loose your drive if you ran low on fluid.??????????

 

About the only thing I can think is it must have been something with your torque converter. If the noise is gone, I would keep an ear out for it and see if it comes back. Anytime I lost trans fluid I lost all gears forward and reverse. And I would recheck your fluid every couple days, because if your torque converter was really low you may need more. Hope this helps.

 

is there a seprate fill/check for the torque converter?

 

No, When you fill through the check tube it will also fill the converter. I have found that some cars take longer to fill the converter than others. Also be sure to wait a few minutes after filling before checking because the tube will still have fluid on the inside and give a false reading.

 

And whatever you do, try to avoid running the converter that low ever. The slightest overtemp of the innards of a torque converter can turn the internal components into so much christmas tree tinsel. Keeping the fluid and filter clean will also insure that the pump can draw fluid through fast enough to keep the converter in good supply throughout the RPM range. With most automatic transmissions its a good idea to fill the tranny as necessary then drive the vehicle short distances so as to get through all of the gears and shift points a few times. Always check the fluid with the vehicle running and level too. Otherwise you are getting a false reading anyway.