Had to put it "nicely".
-----Original Message-----
From: Barry Oliver [mailto:barrysuperhawk@comcast.net]
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 2:19 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: Re: DML: Uh oh. New sound (not a good one) from drivetrain.
Now, there's the understatement of the year...
Bernd D. Ratsch wrote:
> Sounds like the converter clutches coming apart. ****If there's silvery
flakes
> in the fluid...something has gone wrong.****
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> - Bernd
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Kramarsky [mailto:dkramarsky68@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 11:06 PM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: Re: Re: DML: Uh oh. New sound (not a good one) from drivetrain.
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> Bernd and John D.
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> I just check the fluid today.
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> * Level is correct.
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> * Color still pink.
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> * But smells funny.
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> * Dipstick leaves a gray streak if wiped on a white towel.
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> ( I am gonna go out on a limb here and say that it appears that there are
> ultra fine metallic particles in the fluid. You cant see them with a
naked
> eye. But if you get enough together it turns the cloth surface gray. )
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> Still sounds like a torque converter going bad?
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> -dan
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