car has 200000 miles or so. It just looked like clutch flakes, more metal dust than flakes really.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the valve body comes out pretty easy right?
I think I will try cleaning/inspecting the valve body first, and pull the trans and possibly either rebuild it myself or find a used one.
I have fully rebuilt an auto transmissions before. Its a lot of little parts, but not as bad as people make it out to be.
Ive never had clutches be so worn on a trans that the car wouldn't engage at all. Usually what happens is the classic "slipping" in gear. Ive seen this happen for a long time, even to the point where the car isn't even close to drivable, but it will still shift into the gear, just when any load is put on the trans it slips.
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Originally Posted by pawoSD
Its probably a valve body problem or dead clutch packs on the 3rd/4th gears. In which case it probably needs to be torn down. Is it a high miles tranny?
You mentioned metal flecks in the pan when you took it off.....its been my experience that you should never actually see any metal particles in the pan on these trannys....they are very precise and metal particles means something bad is happening or happened.
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