RE5R05A - Anyone able to clarify -" If you have a trans fault replace the trans?"

So spent about an hour under the old girl, in the cold, in the nearest national park some didn't p off the neighbours with her running and the occasional rev.

Fluid is fine - no evidence of burning or coolant contamination.
So I had my fav long screw driver stuck to my ear most of the time listening time internals and the noise is 100% from the bell end... It's right at the mating surface - and the noise has gone from a chatter to a matalic rattle as if you had a piece of stainless on top of an anvil and went over a fair whack of ripples...still predominately when in gear.

No slipping as such but power loss for sure.

I think i did read somewhere of the flex plate failing. Was on this forum I'm sure. There was a pic of the plate that had totally destroyed itself.

When you checked the fluid, did you check it off the dip stick or off the drain plug?

If i can remember correctly my auto had a similar sound, metally rattley kind of sound, and it was the Torque Converter. The internal bearing collapsed. Check the drain plug for excess metal shavings.

Last night dipper but have checked drain a week ago and found some metal

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Originally Posted by lhurley

When you checked the fluid, did you check it off the dip stick or off the drain plug?

If i can remember correctly my auto had a similar sound, metally rattley kind of sound, and it was the Torque Converter. The internal bearing collapsed. Check the drain plug for excess metal shavings.

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Can I enquire as to your repair?

Diy or mechanic and if the later approx co$t!

Cheers

Dg

I had it done at a shop as it actually broke down. Reason being all the bits of torque converter blocked the cooler and melted everything.

Had I gotten it rebuilt before melting everything, would of been about 2k. In the end it cost me $4300.

Not saying that yours will end up being like that, but they aren't cheap.



How much metal was on the plug? Would your say it was a lot or seemed normal? Mine has more then expected before it died.

Very slightly more - looks like tranny coming off and the wallet getting emptied!

Tbh it's cheaper to get it properly fixed before it destroyes itself.

Could just put a wrecker box in in the mean time until funds allow but then you are running the risk that it's in sh!tty condition.