Well, the light howl that my tranny has been making in 4th gear has recently gotten ugly. Over the course of a week or so it has progressed to a nasty howl that gets worse with increasing throttle and goes away on deceleration. Under moderate/heavy load around 50-60 MPH it sounds positively angry... Very nasty. I called Daryl at AA transaxle this morning and talked him into sending me a fresh tranny. (actually I think the credit card numbers did the talking... :-) Never a dull moment. Once the tranny is done, I think I will have replaced just about every moving part on the van. I guess I was warned that these things aren't cheap to own, but I guess I didn't *really* understand what that meant ... At least I don't need to worry about what to do with all my free time. I spend more time laying under the bus getting greasy than most people spend in front of the TV. Sigh... Guess I better get my stereo install finished tonight so I can move on to the next project... Any words of wisdom on tranny R+R? Wishin' I was campin', Steve EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod" |
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