fireandice9008
09-04-2014, 03:04 PM
First things first, the Marauder is NOT going anywhere :burnout: , I'm asking this in regards to my Super Duty, and would like input from the general assembly. I've been arguing with myself for a week, and i'll try and keep this as close to the executive version as possible.
My truck has developed quite the mysterious transmission leak. It's a 2001 F350 4x4, 7.3 diesel with 161k on the clock. Trans was rebuilt 19k miles and almost 2 years ago by ---THE--- best transmission shop in the area, and hasn't been touched since except for fluid checks. Overall happy, and have not had a single problem...
Until last Saturday. The truck died every.single.time. it was put into reverse, unless I gave it throttle. Classic symptoms of a TC failing. Forward gears were fine. Checked the fluid level, low. 1 quart brought it up to where it needed to be, and all was fine, until it got home. Died again (5th time in 1 hour), and took all it had to back in the driveway. Subsequently took it straight to the trans shop and dropped it off, by the time we got there, all was well.
They couldn't find an issue, other than is was three quarts low on fluid, meaning that it, somehow, used A GALLON of fluid in 25 or so miles. Here's where it gets tricky...there's no leak. The casing is dry (sans a slow seep from the seal, not enough, even with pressure, to do this), the underside of the truck is dry (no front seal leak), it's not mixing with coolant, it's not leaking out the standalone cooler or the lines, and it's not leaking into, or out of, the transfer case. The man was beside himself, he had never seen anything like this before. Brought it home yesterday evening, I think it's sluggish in reverse, but it could be me being critical. Otherwise, all is fine. Did the cardboard under the truck test, 24 hours later dry as a bone as far as the trans is concerned.
So here's my dilemma. Do I...sell it (soon), and replace it with a 2007 or newer (which fixes my incessant bitching about not having a long box, but requires financing), or keep it and deal with the short bed and whatever may arise, since it is paid for.
My truck has developed quite the mysterious transmission leak. It's a 2001 F350 4x4, 7.3 diesel with 161k on the clock. Trans was rebuilt 19k miles and almost 2 years ago by ---THE--- best transmission shop in the area, and hasn't been touched since except for fluid checks. Overall happy, and have not had a single problem...
Until last Saturday. The truck died every.single.time. it was put into reverse, unless I gave it throttle. Classic symptoms of a TC failing. Forward gears were fine. Checked the fluid level, low. 1 quart brought it up to where it needed to be, and all was fine, until it got home. Died again (5th time in 1 hour), and took all it had to back in the driveway. Subsequently took it straight to the trans shop and dropped it off, by the time we got there, all was well.
They couldn't find an issue, other than is was three quarts low on fluid, meaning that it, somehow, used A GALLON of fluid in 25 or so miles. Here's where it gets tricky...there's no leak. The casing is dry (sans a slow seep from the seal, not enough, even with pressure, to do this), the underside of the truck is dry (no front seal leak), it's not mixing with coolant, it's not leaking out the standalone cooler or the lines, and it's not leaking into, or out of, the transfer case. The man was beside himself, he had never seen anything like this before. Brought it home yesterday evening, I think it's sluggish in reverse, but it could be me being critical. Otherwise, all is fine. Did the cardboard under the truck test, 24 hours later dry as a bone as far as the trans is concerned.
So here's my dilemma. Do I...sell it (soon), and replace it with a 2007 or newer (which fixes my incessant bitching about not having a long box, but requires financing), or keep it and deal with the short bed and whatever may arise, since it is paid for.