Hopefully I didn't destroy my transmission.
superhatch
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Last night after wiring in a stock Honda am/fm radio, re-soldering the clock to make it work, and deleting the golf cart musical horn the previous owner had installed (don't ask...) my gf and I went for a nice drive. We drove along Lake Michigan just north of Milwaukee. It was cooler outside the city, we got some ice cream...it was a great drive.
Then on the way home my trans started to make this whining noise I haven't ever heard before. It wasn't really loud, but not normal for sure. If I was in fifth between 2-3K rpm I didn't really hear it too much so that's where I kept it. It shifted fine, and we were almost home so I decided to not worry about it until I got back.
When I got back I ducked under the car and found that where the drain bolt for the trans usually is there was a hole and some shiny threads staring back at me. Somehow, at some point the drain bolt fell out! What! I changed the trans fluid right after I got the car back from Seattle which was 4-5 months ago, and I've put thousands of miles on since then. How and why it came out now is beyond me.
I have a new bolt and crush washer on order, and Ill put those in and fill it back up to see what the damage is, or isn't. Wish me luck.
Then on the way home my trans started to make this whining noise I haven't ever heard before. It wasn't really loud, but not normal for sure. If I was in fifth between 2-3K rpm I didn't really hear it too much so that's where I kept it. It shifted fine, and we were almost home so I decided to not worry about it until I got back.
When I got back I ducked under the car and found that where the drain bolt for the trans usually is there was a hole and some shiny threads staring back at me. Somehow, at some point the drain bolt fell out! What! I changed the trans fluid right after I got the car back from Seattle which was 4-5 months ago, and I've put thousands of miles on since then. How and why it came out now is beyond me.
I have a new bolt and crush washer on order, and Ill put those in and fill it back up to see what the damage is, or isn't. Wish me luck.
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All, it seems, might not be lost.
Sometimes luck goes your way. Five years ago, when I found out that 5th gear in my 1981 wagon tranny was gone, I figured it was a 4 speed from then on. I called around and one transmissison exchange business had a 1982 5 speed tranny sitting on the shelf. It had been there since it was rebuilt 12 years ago. I asked them what they wanted and they said a couple of hundred plus my tranny would do. Hopefully they'll rebuild my old tranny and have it sitting on the shelff 20 years from now when I need a new trany again!
I fried a transmission in a simliar matter in my old 87 teg a few years back.
Lol!
I haven't fired it back up yet. I won't be able to get any MTF until Thursday so Im gonna wait until then. The Z6 trans did have a bolt and Ill get a new crush washer on Thurs as well.
not sure u want to put anything on that drain plug except elbow grease ......
I've never had one back out ... :roll:
You lucked the hell out!
In short, it is TOAST!
Also stay away from Honda MTF, too thin for the older cars that were DESIGNED for 10w30 motor oil.
PS: I hope to be joining the RT4WD ranks in a few weeks.