dirt track racer 81

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i was just wondering if any one has had their torque converter go out??
when you go to put my truck in gear all it does is have a quiet whine, really it has the same whine in park just not as loud.. but say its in drive, rev it up a little bit and go to put it in reverse it still just whines ,it doesnt try to grind or anything...could that be a torque converter??

FarmerBeau

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hmmm. My fuddle is taking a **** and it bumps me and makes a low pitch moaning sound when locking up. Hope this helps.

dirt track racer 81

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and your **** outa luck on that one..fuddle still not answering phones?

Dock Rocker

I had one die on me and it did the same thing just went awayno gears at all. Somthing I did not know at the time is that it damaged my thrust baring and that is why I have my motor in the machine show now for a new crank, cam, and lifters. So if it is your verter check your motor before you run it again

KySilverado

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That could be a symptom of trans pump failure also.

dirt track racer 81

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pulled the trans line out of the radiator and it pumped fluid

Dock Rocker

Mine was moving fluid. The fans on the converter broke away from the center where the shaft goes in. I had no Idea untill I spoke to the machine shop that when that happens it can take out your crank. Now I know

dirt track racer 81

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so is there any way i can tell that this is bad or not?

Dock Rocker

unfortunatly you will have to pull the trans to see if it is f'ed. I poured the fluid out of the converter and it looked like candy paint with a metal flake.

dirt track racer 81

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i pulled the trans yesterday after work..all the fluids looked good..no metal flakes any where..tc is black in one spot though..