Transmission Fluid Leak

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Jul 4, 2004 | 10:42 AM

Byrddog

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Transmission Fluid Leak

I just returned home from a 1200 mile round trip to the beach.
A little over halfway home i stopeed to fill up, i noticed something brown in the condensation on the ground. I looked under my truck and form around the plate where the T/C is was leaking fluid. I pulled the dip-stick and it read nothing. I bought some fluid, filled it up and got it home. This morning i checked under the truck and there is still some fluid dripping slowly.

All the bolts seem tight, is there a seal that can go bad?

Or am i looking at worse problems?

Thanks for any help.
Harry

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Jul 4, 2004 | 11:52 AM

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It sounds like the front seal on the tranny, mine went about a month ago. You said the fluid was brown? If so then the fluid is burnt and not able to do it's job, you need to drain the pan and t/c, check the magnet in the bottom of the pan for metal.

John

Jul 4, 2004 | 12:14 PM

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Sounds like a tuff job, do you mind if i ask about how much you spent to fix it?

thanks for the reply jharvey3

Harry

Jul 4, 2004 | 01:51 PM

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Harry, the tranny guy I use was $350.00, have to pull the tranny to get to the front seal, also put my guages in next day, boy was I shocked to see what the egt's and tranny temp were doing.

John

Jul 4, 2004 | 02:28 PM

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Thanks John, guess now im in search of a good trany man.

Harry

Jul 11, 2004 | 11:26 PM

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I was told to also check if the T/C drain plug is loose.

i have a '97 F-250 w/ an auto e40d. Just wondering if my t/c has a drain plug.

Jul 12, 2004 | 06:22 AM

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yes the converter does have a drain on it. it has a plug on the outer edge of the converter. take the sheet metal inspection cover off and rotate your engine with a bar on the ring gear for the starter until the plug comes around.

good luck
tjbeggs