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Originally Posted by BubbaSR49
Thank JJ, will change out the oil here in a few week and look for metal. Ok Padre, I'm not very knowledgeable under the hood, "filler hole" location? Bought my 66 and year ago and am learning new thing every week. The truck has been a daily driver since December, its been grinding gears since, but before that it sit for 5 months.
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filler hole location. basically there are 2 pipe plugs on each trans. 1 on the pass side of the trans about in the middle which is used for filling it with gear oil and for checking the level of the oil. the other is on the bottom of the trans which you can use for draning the oil from the trans. I am curious about how you would know that the trans was overful if you don't know about the filler hole.
in the period of time that these vehicles were new they should have been serviced every couple of thousand miles. eng oil changed and the chassis lubricated and all fluids checked. neglect in these areas usually caused problems, like low gear oil levels(due to leaking) which can lead to the problems you are talking about. the younger generation knows nothing of this as now everything is supposed to be good for a lifetime; whose lifetime I do not know.
if you have been using it as a daily driver since Dec. ypu should have at least done this twice unless you are only going to the corner of the block and back.
if you can locate an owners manual it will tell you about all of these things and more
enjoy your truck
ron