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tphsmith · 03-23-2005, 10:08 PM

today I drove about 100 miles in my truck and 2.2 miles from home I turned the street corner and gave it gas to proceed and all the truck did was wind up the motor, I thought umm, maybe it slipped out of gear. No it did not slip out of gear. I put it down in low drive and it took me about a block farther. I got out of the truck and checked the tranny fluid, the fluid was a tiny bit below full mark, maybe a quart. a friend of mine drove me to the house to get 2 quarts of tranny fluid. I poured 1 quart in the tranny and it showed full. the truck starts and you can run the automatic shiffter threw the drive line locations and the linkage travels with each shift. the tranny filter had been changed about maybe 600 miles ago and the fluid looks good. i cant smell any burnt oil smell and it dont run out of the tranny. the truck does not roll by pushing it when its in park but all the other gears you can push it all over the place.
what the heck is going on with this tranny?. when I put it in drive andgive it gas the drive shaft does not turn, so I'm sure its something with the tranny.
please help. this is my daily drive and only transpertation I have. and I got to get it back on the road. WHAT DO I DO?

Sailor77 · 03-23-2005, 10:20 PM

need a little more info on the truck. What type of tranny, 4x4, ect.. If 4x4, I would say that the transfer case is bad.

tphsmith · 03-23-2005, 10:22 PM

the tranny is in my 81 chevy 2 wheel drive with a 305 motor, the tranny pan sure looks to me to be a 350 becasue of the shape of the pan. and when i put a new filter in it 6 months ago the 350 filter fit perfect and looked like the one I replaced

**old Rusty C10** · 03-24-2005, 12:13 AM

a th 350 has a pan that is almost square but one corner of the square is cut off.
If the fluid is red and the linkage is moving through the gears it sounds like the interanl pieces int hetrans may be bad. could also be a bad torque converter. time to swap it out

72 CustomCamper · 03-24-2005, 12:45 AM

It's been a while since I've worked on a th350 so I don't remember how the filter is held in. One thing you could check is to see if the filter came loose and fell into the pan. No filter no fluid...

Chuck

Russell · 03-24-2005, 01:01 AM

Might be the torque converter... It wouldn't turn the fluid black (probally silver)

Hoods69BadBowTie · 03-24-2005, 02:32 AM

I would make sure the filter is still on there, also may be a bad torque convertor.
-Later

tphsmith · 03-24-2005, 06:57 AM

ya know while I have the truck running (going nowhere) I hear a faint whine noise, simular to a belt drive noise. (no belt drive on this poor girl) and at the time I thought maybe the alt. or maybe the power steering pump. well now in my dreams , could this be singing to me the torque converter????how do ya know if the torque converter went south on me. please if you all have thoughts in your head please send them my way thank you all for all your feedback you all rock

03-23-2005, 10:08 PM	#1
tphsmith still buypickupparts Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: charlotte Posts: 637	whats up with this? today I drove about 100 miles in my truck and 2.2 miles from home I turned the street corner and gave it gas to proceed and all the truck did was wind up the motor, I thought umm, maybe it slipped out of gear. No it did not slip out of gear. I put it down in low drive and it took me about a block farther. I got out of the truck and checked the tranny fluid, the fluid was a tiny bit below full mark, maybe a quart. a friend of mine drove me to the house to get 2 quarts of tranny fluid. I poured 1 quart in the tranny and it showed full. the truck starts and you can run the automatic shiffter threw the drive line locations and the linkage travels with each shift. the tranny filter had been changed about maybe 600 miles ago and the fluid looks good. i cant smell any burnt oil smell and it dont run out of the tranny. the truck does not roll by pushing it when its in park but all the other gears you can push it all over the place. what the heck is going on with this tranny?. when I put it in drive andgive it gas the drive shaft does not turn, so I'm sure its something with the tranny. please help. this is my daily drive and only transpertation I have. and I got to get it back on the road. WHAT DO I DO? __________________ Its Gonna be a Great Day, I woke up this Morning. 72 SWB Fleetside freshly painted. putting a 94 LT1 with 700R4 tranny lowered 4 in the front 6 in the back 81 chevy half ton 350 89 Silverado 4x4 going ta church truck

03-23-2005, 10:20 PM	#2
Sailor77 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Fort Wayne, IN Posts: 68	need a little more info on the truck. What type of tranny, 4x4, ect.. If 4x4, I would say that the transfer case is bad. __________________ 85 chevy 1/2 4x4, stepside. New 350, 700R4, Auburn limited and 241 transfer.

03-23-2005, 10:22 PM	#3
tphsmith still buypickupparts Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: charlotte Posts: 637	the tranny is in my 81 chevy 2 wheel drive with a 305 motor, the tranny pan sure looks to me to be a 350 becasue of the shape of the pan. and when i put a new filter in it 6 months ago the 350 filter fit perfect and looked like the one I replaced __________________ Its Gonna be a Great Day, I woke up this Morning. 72 SWB Fleetside freshly painted. putting a 94 LT1 with 700R4 tranny lowered 4 in the front 6 in the back 81 chevy half ton 350 89 Silverado 4x4 going ta church truck

03-24-2005, 12:13 AM	#4
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,310	a th 350 has a pan that is almost square but one corner of the square is cut off. If the fluid is red and the linkage is moving through the gears it sounds like the interanl pieces int hetrans may be bad. could also be a bad torque converter. time to swap it out __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

03-24-2005, 12:45 AM	#5
72 CustomCamper huh ??? Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Fredericksburg,Va. Posts: 3,368	It's been a while since I've worked on a th350 so I don't remember how the filter is held in. One thing you could check is to see if the filter came loose and fell into the pan. No filter no fluid... Chuck __________________ 90 Blazer Silverado 350w/ 700R4 and 32" Kelly's "I am a bomb technician. If you see me running try to keep up!"

03-24-2005, 01:01 AM	#6
Russell Professional Grade Join Date: May 2003 Location: Fort McMurray, Alberta Posts: 7,915	Might be the torque converter... It wouldn't turn the fluid black (probally silver) __________________ 1995 Chevrolet 2 Door Tahoe (6.6L LBZ Duramax / ZF6 / NP241 with 1 ton solid axle swap)

03-24-2005, 02:32 AM	#7
Hoods69BadBowTie Chevys Kick A$$ Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Zootown, MT Posts: 12,699	I would make sure the filter is still on there, also may be a bad torque convertor. -Later __________________ HOODS is what I answer too -'79, '77, '88 Pickup Sold, '85 Camaro, '83 T/A, '81,'83,'90 K5 Blazer All Sold -'79 3/4 ton "Big Yellow Bananna" Lifted 4spd. 39.5 TSL Swampers, The money Pit -'86 K5 Blazer Silverado 6.2 4" lift 35"s -'95 Ext. Cab Shorty 4" Tuff Country rolling 35" M/T's -'83 Monte Carlo T-Tops. 126,500 Original Miles -LATER I would rather push a Chevy then drive a ford!!

03-24-2005, 06:57 AM	#8
tphsmith still buypickupparts Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: charlotte Posts: 637	ya know while I have the truck running (going nowhere) I hear a faint whine noise, simular to a belt drive noise. (no belt drive on this poor girl) and at the time I thought maybe the alt. or maybe the power steering pump. well now in my dreams , could this be singing to me the torque converter????how do ya know if the torque converter went south on me. please if you all have thoughts in your head please send them my way thank you all for all your feedback you all rock __________________ Its Gonna be a Great Day, I woke up this Morning. 72 SWB Fleetside freshly painted. putting a 94 LT1 with 700R4 tranny lowered 4 in the front 6 in the back 81 chevy half ton 350 89 Silverado 4x4 going ta church truck



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