DR1665
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Now that the Galant on a flatbed on a tow truck saga is over and I'm back home, I'm ripping out the trans. Need some input, please.
Symptoms: Groaning noise, similar to being low on power steering fluid, when the car is moving. It's tied to vehicle speed, not engine speed. Sounds like a dry gearbox, but the noise gets louder when the car is going around a corner. (As in when turning the car around to line it up for the flatbed on the side of the highway.) Smells like Synchroshift.
Here's the leak when I pulled off the road.
I did not fill the driveline with fluids. Previous owner did and, since he was a decade plus Mitsubishi rally car driver, I trusted his work.
Just got the tcase down. This is all the fluid that came out.
The output shaft on the trans is bone dry with that typical patina of oxidation on the splines. The SEAL on the tcase, however...
Is that seal supposed to have the shiny, been spinning free against the engine block, look to it? Picture's not that great, but it's got arough texture to the shiny area indicative of rubbing on something. It's not smooth, like I would expect if it were supposed to be bare metal there. Also, it was coming out and it took minimal finger pressure to slip it back into place. I'm thinking NOT GOOD.
Beyond this, the transmission appears to be dry. I pulled the fill bolt on the side of the road while waiting for the flatbed to arrive and the bolt was dry. Finger check barely brought any fluid back.
Transmission appears dry externally, suggesting that it's just low on fluid. Obviously, I'll refill it, but only after draining whatever's in there and replacing it. I will also double check all the seals on the trans. (Particularly axle seals.) Any other place the trans might be leaking that I should check? If it's not leaking anywhere, I see no point in pulling it today. Especially if I can get away with a tcase swap.
Thanks, gents.
EDIT: Tcase is junk.
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