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08-08-2005, 05:34 PM
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"The F4A33 is made of steel"; or, "A more risky trans fluid flush"
I have the experience to prove it.
I was in Florida on Friday and it was raining VERY hard. We already had 4" of rain and 2 more were expected in the next hour. I was driving through puddles that I had never experienced before. Apparently one of them decided to take a bite to my transmission oil line from my kit and pop it off the external oil filter fitting! This resulted in my trans dumping ALL of its oil without my knowledge. As I was cruising along I noticed the car starting to lurch and all of a sudden I couldn't keep speed. I slowed down and pulled off the road, thinking my transmission had finally worn out. I must have driven it with oil pouring out for a few minutes. I tried shifting into every gear but it wouldn't even engage in Reverse. It was raining so hard there was no chance for me to check for anything minute so I decided to have it towed back to my house. Upon checking the car at my house and finding that the oil line had popped off, I checked my dipstick to smell it. It smelled burnt, but I didn't let that deter me. My father and I secured the oil line to the fitting and put trans fluid in the trans. I started it up and shifted in Drive to feel the assured shift from my tuned valve body. Hooray! I ran it through each gear and checked the fluid level and all seemed well. I then took it for a drive around the block and the trans was acting like nothing happened. It definitely wasn't an experience I wanted to go through, but it just goes to show you that the F4A33 is one tough mofo. Call my experience a more risky trans fluid flush.  Let's just hope there's a few more lives left in the thing.
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08-08-2005, 10:20 PM
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Re: "The F4A33 is made of steel"; or, "A more risky trans fluid flush"
Meh, I've seen lots of transmissions survive a total fluid loss. You like making excuses for this box, that's all.
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08-09-2005, 08:00 AM
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Re: "The F4A33 is made of steel"; or, "A more risky trans fluid flush"
Big-T:
I'll bet you were using typical garden variety hose clamps. Unfortunately, what you've described is not all that unusual. Either switch to a double wire clamp to prevent this from happening again - or (at a greater cost) use braided steel lines with AN fittings for true peace of mind..... . |
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08-09-2005, 08:52 AM
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Re: "The F4A33 is made of steel"; or, "A more risky trans fluid flush"
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08-09-2005, 08:53 AM
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Re: "The F4A33 is made of steel"; or, "A more risky trans fluid flush"
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08-09-2005, 08:59 AM
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Re: "The F4A33 is made of steel"; or, "A more risky trans fluid flush"
Last time I talked to you, you were still working on it. Or so I thought....
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08-09-2005, 09:33 AM
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Re: "The F4A33 is made of steel"; or, "A more risky trans fluid flush"
Yikes! Glad to hear our trannies can take some abuse, though, and aren't TOO tempermental
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08-09-2005, 09:39 AM
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Re: "The F4A33 is made of steel"; or, "A more risky trans fluid flush"
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08-09-2005, 09:56 AM
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Re: "The F4A33 is made of steel"; or, "A more risky trans fluid flush"
yea, i hear that
that happened to me 2 and a half years ago after i had done with the TT conversion, and i had taken the car to a shop to get the oil return lines secured onto the oil pan. I was driving the car somewhere after i had just got it back, and the car was smoking a little, but i wasn't paying attention to the color and thought i was just running rich. Well, all the sudden overdrive went out and popped the car into 3rd gear, so i thought my end clutch was shot, so i pulled over immediately, and discovered tons and tons of ATF fluid all over the place, popped the hood, and it was all over the engine. I called my uncle out, and as i followed the ATF lines, the line that goes to my cooler . . . the shop had appearantly moved the line in front of the radiator fan, from underneath the car, and the radiator fan chopped a nice hole in it. So i made a trip to autozone, got a metal insert and a couple of clamps to replace that chunk, filled it back up with ATF, and i was good to go. To this day, i still have that metal insert inside that hose  its a piece of memory
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