Question Trans fluid leak only when towing

[JLDickmon]

Mighty Whitey has developed the strange habit of loosing a gallon of trans fluid only when towing the horse trailer..

place your bets.

I'll tell you the answer after I crawl under it tomorrow (too blazin' arse hot to do it today)...

 

[sagebel]

My bet is something related to the cooler.

 

[NevrKnow]

I'm with you sagebel. That's probably the weakest link in that chain. Cooler or lines. Specially if there's an aftermarket cooler added we don't know about yet.

 

[patrickc]

My bets are on the cooler lines, dipstick tube or front seal

 

[JLDickmon]

My bets are on the cooler lines, dipstick tube or front seal

we have our winner...

 

[JRJ04]

is it time for a new tranny?

 

[trackspeeder]

Replace the front seal with a Precision International #16601EV seal. It will never leak from that spot again.

 

[JLDickmon]

is it time for a new tranny?

at 138,000 it may be.

I don't have the $5000 to drop on a BTS unit...

gonna have to either pull it and fix it myself (not likely given current time of year) or let my buddy Joe do it for $3000 (been building transmissions as long as I can remember)

thing is, I don't have the three grand either.

soooo

 

[melmount]

i had a friend that had his tranny do it when pulling in 4wd low a heavy horse trailer full of hay in the field. both times he lost all the fluid. Please let me know what you find. My bet is heat and a small cooler?

 

[NevrKnow]

Front seal! aaaggggggghhhhh woulda lost that $$ haha!. Keeps us posted JL. Hope it doesnt break your bank to bad.