blown trans

[89_trailboss]

copy/paste from the AC board.

 

blew my trans that was giving me NO, absolutly no problems. sitting at the end of my street at a stop sign. I start to go. all goes well. trans trys to shift to second, bang then the tach redlines. got no gears. reverse lights come on. have park and neutral(and neutral in all gears) any clue what happened? school starts on wed. so help asap...

 

and a trans from a 93 HB. what all is different?

 

Thanks

[88pathoffroad]

If the HB tranny is from a V6, you should be good to go. The torque converter may have stripped out somewhere and thus disconnected the engine from the tranny...no way to tell until you pull it.

[89_trailboss]

hey 88,

 

did you have to pull your exhaust to get your trans out?

 

how will I tell if it is the convertor? was told that it is probly my plant gears. anytruth?

[88pathoffroad]

Yes, and after you pull the trans and the torque converter, you can examine the input shaft of the trans at least and look into the TC's hole with a flashlight. For a TC internal failure, I don't think there's a way to tell aside from testing the transmission on a dyno(or finding shreds of metal inside the converter).

[89_trailboss]

well got it out today. found a trans from a pathy that was just rebuilt for $500 with the tcase. only problem is that they know it came from a 2 door(VG30I motor still attached). but they dont know what year it was. so how do I tell if its a 3speed(87) or a 4 speed (O/D)?

 

and, should you be able to change gears with your hand? like on the side of the trans theres the lever that the cable attaches to. one of the JY trans I was unable to change gears. on mine, it changes very easily.

[88pathoffroad]

Hmmm, if I had a pic of the case or the pan I'd give it to you so you could tell. Check the pinned topic in the How-To section with transmission pics, that might help.

 

The shifter linkage should be pretty stiff, yeah. There's a spring and detent inside that gives it resistance to movement. Maybe yours broke inside and all you need is a new one! Take the pan off and see, maybe.

[89_trailboss]

ya, there was nothing im my pan.

 

got 97 trans here now. everything is the same. side by side, I put the 97 into 4hi, and spin the front output, the shaft to the motor turns. but so does my 89. so any possiblity my oil pump quit on my and thats why I have "no" gears on the 89?

 

I am going to swap the 97 in, so I can get on the road quickly, then ill rebuild my trans as money allows.