Transmission problems
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From: Conway, AR
when you say you had a tranny flush, did they basically pressure flush out the old fluid, and replace it with new or?
wouldn't hurt to try running some Auto rx through the thing. That stuff does a nice job of cleaning the things out. If there;s anything sticky in there, it'll free it up and clean it out. I've revived quite a few late shifters and slam-bangers with that stuff.
It'd be a lot cheaper than diving into expensive hard parts right off the bat, and at least you'd know that you've eliminated the variable.
wouldn't hurt to try running some Auto rx through the thing. That stuff does a nice job of cleaning the things out. If there;s anything sticky in there, it'll free it up and clean it out. I've revived quite a few late shifters and slam-bangers with that stuff.
It'd be a lot cheaper than diving into expensive hard parts right off the bat, and at least you'd know that you've eliminated the variable.
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From what i gathered, They popped off the cover, drained the fluid, then pressure flushed the system. During all of this, the engine was idling so it got to every part of the tranny.
I trust my mechanic (rare, i know) so I know it was actually done.
But I will look into the Auto rx.
I've just never liked using what I like to call "when all else fails" lubes.
Like the tranny leak sealer. I see those as a last resort.
But I will look into it and see if it really is like a miracle lube, or a last resort additive.
I trust my mechanic (rare, i know) so I know it was actually done.
But I will look into the Auto rx.
I've just never liked using what I like to call "when all else fails" lubes.
Like the tranny leak sealer. I see those as a last resort.
But I will look into it and see if it really is like a miracle lube, or a last resort additive.
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From: Conway, AR
From what i gathered, They popped off the cover, drained the fluid, then pressure flushed the system. During all of this, the engine was idling so it got to every part of the tranny.
I trust my mechanic (rare, i know) so I know it was actually done.
But I will look into the Auto rx.
I've just never liked using what I like to call "when all else fails" lubes.
Like the tranny leak sealer. I see those as a last resort.
But I will look into it and see if it really is like a miracle lube, or a last resort additive.
I trust my mechanic (rare, i know) so I know it was actually done.
But I will look into the Auto rx.
I've just never liked using what I like to call "when all else fails" lubes.
Like the tranny leak sealer. I see those as a last resort.
But I will look into it and see if it really is like a miracle lube, or a last resort additive.
It's some pretty interesting stuff. I had a long conversation on the phone with the inventor of it before I ever used it the first time quite a few years ago (and I've revived quite a few engines and trannys with it since. I reach for it on customer cars before tearing into any repairs now. Makes a lot of folks happy, shoots me in the foot ) The stuff was originally invented for maintaing commercial newspaper printing press gearboxes ( those zillion dollar 2 block long machines with gear boxes upon gear boxes... they get lots of crud in them that jams up the works and seal weeping aparantly) after a while the guys working on the presses started putting it in their cars... the rest is history.
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From: Conway, AR
Yes, he's not selling it through any retail outlets. It usually shows up in about 2-3 days.
