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<div style="font-size: 10pt; "><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Lovely. </p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Today I take it in a little voyage and about 40 mins in it started making somewwierd noises .</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">I came to a stop and it felt like the transmissio. Wasn't disengaging and almost stalled before it let go.</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">I go a little further and again come to a stop same thing... When I tried to go again it spun free and then banged into gear.. I drive one more mile and. pulled into the truck stop down by the interstate. Pulled the dipstick and it looked like milk and cookies. There is a</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">. Obvious sign of clutch disk particles and the oil is a frothy grey.</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">I'm livid! I noticed yesterday that the transmission felt like it was shifting based on pressure and not so much like the computer was helping it decide which gear to be in.</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">For instance climbing a hill floored it wouldn't kick down until the speed dropped to 40.</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">I also found a cut grey wire in a small loom that appears to have 3 or 4 conductors in it. It runs to the back of the transmission on the drivers side into the top of what I'd assume was the valve body. Not sure, not am I sure it's related but I'm real upset right now.</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Are transmission parts available?</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">I guess I'll be taking a crack at rebuilding it? I don't know what to do. I'm so angry right now. At myself for not checking the fluid and at the previous owner for neglecting it. Dammit!!!</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Any help or suggestions are welcome.</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">For now I sit in the taco bell trying to figure out how I'm getting out of here....</p></p></div>
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