Boo-Hoo for me.......going up Blood Mountain in North Georgia mtns the trans blew up.
Gauge never went over 195 degrees, and NO warning whatsoever.
Pulling our 9700 lb fiver too!
Called GoodSam ERS & they were quick and efficient. Took truck to a Jasper transmission dealer & now we have a new transmission and torque converter. Cost us $3100 but what can I do?
The fiver was towed to the campground that we were ONLY five miles from!
Hopefully we won't need their 3 year, 100,000 mile warranty anytime soon.
Our trans had 101,990 miles on it when it went.
The cop said we left a mile of transmission fluid going down the mountain.
Oh well, truck broke at 2pm Friday, got it back 4PM Monday (and they don't work Sat/Sun) so we feel they worked on it VERY quickly.
Thanks to GoodSAM ERS and also to Arne's Auto in Blairsville, GA for
excellent help and work.
Jo
Glad everyone is OK and you were able to finish your vacation!
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2006 Dark Slate F350 CC LB 6X6 Lariat Complete with training wheels. Vegetarian, an old indian word for bad hunter!
K&N Intake, Ragin' Coolant filter, SCT from ID, Recon smoked LED tail lights, clearance lights, Center bumper LED's, and Fat fender smoked LED lights, Pressure pro TPMS, Firestone Ride rite bags, Alpine/Infinity/Polk sound system W/Sirius, Autometer Phantom EGT,Trans,Boost gauges above the rearview mirror.
Since we were going UP a mountain - it just slowed & he stopped it.
He put it in reverse and wouldn't go, put it in drive and we slid backwards.
So we called the tow trucks. While waiting for our tows - the cop told
us there was a mild of fluid down the mountain. The truck went on a flat
bed, fiver to the campground parking lot. Friends (wish us, thankfully) towed
our fiver to its site.
Repair shop got it at 1 PM Friday & we got it back 4PM Monday & they don't work Sat/Sun! So they did a quick and hopefully efficient job. It got us back
home and we were in North Georgia mtns & we made it back to Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Sounds like a seal went and you emptied the fluid. No fluid does not allow the transmission to work. You may have toasted all the clutch plates when you slowed down.
While a new transmission gives you peace of mind the old may have been ok. Especially if all that was needed was a seal and some fluid?
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1996 F-250 extended cab long box five speed. Home made Tymar, 203 Stat, 60 gal in bed fuel cell, 315/75's, no muffler, ebpv welded open 3" to 3" DP, Babies. 290K, still chugging, and still smoking when cold.
UPDATED 8/1/08 Replace so far. 1 LUK flywheel+clutch, 2 thermostats, 2 set of brakes, 1 set of calipers, 5 CPS, 3 sets of tires, 2 Transfer pumps, 1 Injector modual, 1 Computer, 2 Alt, 2 sets of batteries, 1 Water pump, 6 Belts, 1 PS hose, 2 Sets ball joints, 2 set u-joints, 2 carrier bearing, 2 Speed sensors, 1 oil pres sender, 1 temp sender, 4 sets of e-break cables, 1 front fuel tank, 2 rear fuel tanks, 2 set of glow plugs, 6 Glow plug relays, Oil galley o-rings, Turbo pedistal o-rings, EBPV o-rings, 3 sets of Injector O-rings, 1 Vac-pump, 1 new carpet.Total $$$ in repairs v/s miles driven = 3.0 cents per mile. Add fuel to that it jumps to 14.8 cents per mile over the life of the truck.
It's stories like yours that convinced me to do "PM" on my tranny at 112,000 miles. It was working fine, but just in case, I took it to BTS and had it bulletproofed. It turns out that the torque converter needed replacing right then, but the tranny probably would have lasted another 100,000 miles towing my 8,000 pound 5er.
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My Sierra Blanca is a '99.5 PSD CrewCab hot-rod Towing Machine! BTS tranny; TurboRamAir intake and 4" stainless turbo-back exhaust; DP-Tuner tunes flashed into an Edge Evolution tuner; ISSPRO EV gauges and TTM; AIC; SP-Diesel exhaust brake and torque converter controller. I special-ordered it new and plan to drive it until it quits.
ya bulletproofing a tranny is always good ive seen some beefied up so much youd ask why but that guy never breaks down
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Does "bulletproofing" include preventing fluid leaks?
Sounds like the gauge was measuring air temperature.
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November 5, 2008: The fat lady sang. Back to actually working for a living.
1986 Isuzu P'up, 177,673.8 miles. Hella headlights, (highly recommended) DOT C-2 back end. (also recommended) R-12 air conditioner converted to R-406a. 4.1:1 rear axle converted to 3.4:1.
9/22/2007, age 21: Still running well when reluctantly sent away for reincarnation, due to body & frame rust.
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We did a full service on the transmission when we bought it at 82,000 miles and
the temp gauge never got over 195 while towing.
Just no indication at all it would go.
But it is fine now, hope to get another 100,000 before it goes out again.
We only use our truck for towing our fiver & it took us 2 1/2 years to put
20,000 miles on it!
I drove my truck pulling an 11,400 lb toyhauler for 10 miles in 4 wheel drive low up a steep, windy dirt road, then when I got back to a paved road, I forgot to take it out of 4 wheel drive low; so I was binding the transmission by driving on pavement. Then I backed up a very steep hill to push the toyhauler into the camp site. While I was backing, a tremendous amount of transmission fluid poured out; so I stopped.
I was trying to decide whether to leave the engine on and let it idle, because I knew that was the fastest way to cool the transmission fluid, but I turned it off, because I thought, what if some damage has been caused, and I end up making it much worse by keeping it running. After it had cooled, I put several gallons of transmission fluid into it (thankfully, I had brought several spare gallons with me).
Then the ranger came and said that there was a forest fire very near the campground, and I had to evacuate immediately. So I took the toyhauler back down the 10 mile windy dirt road, and everything was fine.
The transmission has run perfectly ever since then; so I guess my transmission must be plenty tuff to stand that kind of abuse and still run perfectly.
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2001 F350 XLT 4X4, shift on the fly, 38 gal fuel tank, running boards, sliding rear window, black, crew cab, long bed, 4.10, automatic transmission, 11,500 gvwr, 20,000 gcwr, 7500 gvw, dual rear wheels, 7.3l turbo diesel, completely stock, 114,00 miles when purchased, now has 125,000 miles, repairs so far: starter, batteries, cps.
2005 Nomad Rampage toyhauler made by Skyline. 11,500lb gvwr.
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Most I hit has been 215deg F on the gauges pulling up the Coquihalla Hwy #5 with 10k lbs 26' car hauler loaded. Didn't go below 40mph on 6 or 7% grade. 1200-1300deg F on EGT probe .
I need a ball buster or GT38R and true 4" system to drop my EGTs... that's without tuning, just resistor mod on ICP.
13.6mpg loaded 65mph on that trip. Sea level to 5400' elevation and back down. About 300 miles each direction. Return unloaded but 75-80mph (had to make up time from 1hr construction road block) 9.8mpg (ouch). Oh well.
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