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Old 07-10-05, 10:21 PM
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My Series 5 exploded!

hi guys.. well lets see. I was parked ever so casually at the lights in my project car who just had a healthy $6.5K put into the engine when i put my foot down at the green light somethig in the engine exploded!. i turned the car off and restarted it. it started fine but alas my stock automatic transmission would not put it into gear... I have a feeling it's the gear box.. but im unsure. what do you all think? i'm a little worried poor old Eleanor will cost me a fortune to fix. if it's just the gearbox i'm putting in a 5spd man trans.... but it could be more.. any ideas or thoughts to ease my mind?
Old 07-10-05, 11:01 PM
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Sounds like a transmission problem, but check to see if you killed your rear differential.
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I would think that it would let you shift into drive, if it was the rear diff.. I'm guessing a problem with the torque converter (inside of an auto tranny). To be fair though, I don't even test drive automatic cars for myself, so I'm not that familiar with them
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if the toqure converter exlpoaded then you would have ATF everywhere and it wouldnt affect the shifting, maybe something in the valve body. put the car up on a rack and pull the pan off the tranny and check out the linkage and the valve body, or push the emergency button to get rid of the lock on shifting
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convert to 5-spd
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convert to 5-spd and sell me your rear counterweight. ^_^
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it might have been your transmission but you should check and see if you destroied your rear differential.
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