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05-05-2004, 11:13 AM
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Location: Hickory, North Carolina
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tranny fluid pump???
my truck had been shifting funny so i was checking it out and noticed it was leaking tranny fluid. It was doing this before and when i took it in they told me that the pan was leaking and they put a new gasket on it.
this time they are saying that it is the pump seal that is leaking. $300 to get it fixed cause they have to drop the tranny out. does this seem right? The guy also said that i need a dust cover. where can i find one of those?
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05-05-2004, 01:10 PM
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 $300.00 bucks for a front pump seal is about right. They do indeed have to split the engine and trans apart to get to it. The seal itself is less than $8.00 so what you are paying for is labor, labor, labor.The dust shield is the stamped shield that covers your torque converter and flex-plate. Is yours damaged or missing? How comfortable are you pulling a trans by yourself? There is some big-bucks to be saved in you going for it ! 
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05-05-2004, 02:38 PM
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if i had some jacks and and other tools i would mind doing it. But i dont have that stuff. nor do i have a good place to work on it.
i didnt look under the truck yet. The guy at the shop told me i needed a dust cover.
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05-05-2004, 05:03 PM
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You dont need a dust cover unless you go deep mudding. I had plenty of old cars and trucks that didnt have one and they did fine. You can get one from a junkyard for real cheap though or a chromed one from Summit or Jegs. Not having a dust sheild wont make it leak. I've driven through deep water without one and through mud, all I did was use a hose to wash out the bellhousing while the ngine was running.
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05-06-2004, 04:19 PM
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its all about the +6 inches
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Dust covers are over rated.
However, if you feel you need one, look under the 4X4 trucks in the junk yards...the 73 - 87's (at least some of those years anyways) had a cast alluminum one that is 10 times better than any stamped steel one could ever be. |
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05-06-2004, 05:07 PM
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i dont think i am going to get a dust cover. Just gotta get that seal replaced
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05-07-2004, 12:40 AM
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me and a friend were driving around (beating) his 79 half ton, its a 250 6 with a th 350, and no shield, anyways a stick went up and got lodged in the flywheel, man that made some nois, funny as hell though
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