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Well this just gets stranger and stranger.
I pulled the return line off the trans cooler and started the engine. It pumped just fine and the fluid smells as good as the day it came off the shelf.
I decided I would put it in drive while it's up on the ramps and see what's moving down below.
As soon as I shifted into R I could feel that it wanted to move.
So I pulled it off the ramps and backed it out of my garage.
I drove it down my driveway noticing a high pitch whirring noise from the drivetrain that was not there before. I did not detect the slightest bit of slipping in the transmission.
After about 50 yards I stopped and put it in reverse but reverse was no longer engaging at all, not even slipping, it just wasn't there.
I put it back in drive and it hesitated but then moved forward.
I drove it back to my garage and by the time I got to the garage I could not get power to the wheels any more, in any gear.
I checked the fluid again and it smells perfect.
I'm very confused by all this because I've never heard or seen a transmission with burnt clutch seals that would move the car but only for a little bit.
My experience has been that once the transmission is toast, it's toast, and there ain't nothing that will even temporarily get it to improve it's condition (despite what TransX would have us believe).
That high pitch whirring noise is about the only clue I have, it increases and decreases with RPM. It sounds like a belt that is loose and rubbing on the pulley that it is supposed to be turning. I'm not suggesting that is what is actually happening, just trying to describe the sound.
I can drop the pan tomorrow and have a look, any other ideas of what I can try?
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