I broke something again. Please help.
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I broke something again. Please help.
I just broke something again. I was out racing some honda prelude, i take off from a stop and there is a massive "clunk" from what felt like the rear end. I baby the car to a gas station. Get out, look around, don't see nothing. I figured i hit a big pot hole or something. I get back on the road, take off kinda hard again, and it does it again. So i just start babying it to get home, but its acting wierd. Like, once it shifts into OD, if i let off the gas, it kinda feels like im pushing on the brake, like the car dives. so im driving along getting more & more scared. Then my Service engine light comes on, and i look behind me and see clouds of smoke. I pull over and see the smoke coming from my hood. I pop the hood, and the smoke is coming from the passenger side, down where the tranny bolts to the motor. Then i look under neath the car and find some tranny fluid on the ground.
So I babied it home. I am really worried. What do you guys think happened? I cant check it out yet, because there are cars being worked on in my garage. Thanks for any help.
So I babied it home. I am really worried. What do you guys think happened? I cant check it out yet, because there are cars being worked on in my garage. Thanks for any help.
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Car: '82 Z28
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Transmission: TH400 4,000 stall
Axle/Gears: Currie 9", 4.56 gears
Well, I'd say a transmission mount for the thunk but almost sounds like you've done more damage than that.
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i am pretty sure its no tranny mount. i have a poly one on it, and its pretty new. plus the clunk sounded alot more severe than just the tranny hittin the bottom of the car.
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I vote that you smoked your stock torque converter and leaked out the fluid in it and then it over heated. I blew a converter once and when the car was in drive I had to really fight it to get the car to stop.
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I'd say you simply tore the tranny out of it... I did it once, heard a hellacious CLUNK! the next morning started it up, and all I had was drive. no reverse. no neutral. when i pulled the dipstick and smelled the tranny fluid it smelled thoroughly cooked. then I just switched it to a 5-speed. much better
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I vote that you smoked your stock torque converter and leaked out the fluid in it and then it over heated. I blew a converter once and when the car was in drive I had to really fight it to get the car to stop.
I vote that you smoked your stock torque converter and leaked out the fluid in it and then it over heated. I blew a converter once and when the car was in drive I had to really fight it to get the car to stop.
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thanks for the suggestions. this tranny is new. rebuilt B4C with only about 1k on it. the tranny shifts fine. we jacked the car up, i see tranny fluid on the exhaust, but the tranny is very clean. I cant find where the hell it is leaking from. Everything looks really clean, but there is tranny fluid on the back of the motor, and on the exhaust. i have no idea where it is leaking. lines look good, dipstick is fine. im lost.
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speedo cable is clean. i am going to rip in to it tonight and see what i can find. i have a bad feeling on this one though. I don't know what the hell the bad sound from the rear was. my only guess is its something with the tc.
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i bet you its the tranny mount. mine goes all the time. id say every ten or fifteen thousand. its a very common thing among thirdgen's. i would get a mount with a lifetime warranty that way your not spending money every couple thousand miles. even still there cheap, only 10 bucks at the most. have it checked out. peace
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ok its NOT the tranny mount. i have a poly mount on there that only has about 1k on it. Definately not something that simple....
After I took the car out to see if i could determine what it was, it slipped really bad then CLUNK very very hard, and now OD is gone. If i put the car in OD, the car doesnt move. Something is screwed up badly. It's weird, the tranny was shifting great, no problems at all, then all of a sudden, when i took off i heard a BAD clunk. then the tranny fluid bubbled out of the dipstick, and now OD isnt there.
After I took the car out to see if i could determine what it was, it slipped really bad then CLUNK very very hard, and now OD is gone. If i put the car in OD, the car doesnt move. Something is screwed up badly. It's weird, the tranny was shifting great, no problems at all, then all of a sudden, when i took off i heard a BAD clunk. then the tranny fluid bubbled out of the dipstick, and now OD isnt there.
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