When you pull the torque conv you will get an opportunity to look at the end of the output shaft (splines)
What should I be looking for? I do see the splines are tapered at the bottom which is disturbing . But not sure if that's normal. Little o-ring is there.. It was replaced last year when transmission was out for unrelated stuff.....
Do you plan on rebuilding the trans yourself? If you have never rebuilt a transmision it’s not that difficult with guidance (manual and this forum).
I'm not planning for anything other than finding out what was making that noise. Transmission has been doing good afaik but I'm open for whatever comes my way.
You need to support the engine. Do that ASAP.
It is supported. I was supporting it before I removed the transmission. Only issue is that the truck isn't high enough for me to get transmission from underneath. I could wrestle it off of the transmission jack and drag it out but that's not going to be fun and the reverse process to get it back sounds worse.
Ok...So I need to make sure I support the engine as I'm trying to get the truck higher... 2 jacks going at same time basically.....
Do you see glitter or nuggets of any kind?
Actually, when I left converter upside down over the bucket for a while to drain more and looked, I can see glitter when I put the light directly on it and put my 10x magnifying glasses on....... The trails you see when dragging your finger through it... Can't tell if it's micro bubbles... But to the naked eye in normal bright light it looks clean/perfect. Not sure putting 5000 lumens right up to it and looking at 10x magnification is normal practice. Seems like the kind of stuff that would end up on the pan magnet......idk
Something tells me pan is going to tell same story...
Did the noise just start happening? Did you stop driving it when you heard the noise? If so that’s a good thing.
I heard slight ticking back in May and it got worse over the last couple of weeks.... Can't hear it when truck is cold for some reason.....takes a minute to start making it's racket....I haven't driven it since starting this post.... I want to figure out what the noise is.
I'm 99% sure it was coming from the crank mounting area but who knows....
I don't have a long pick to poke around down beside the shaft where I'm assuming Nick said to in order to check if pump rotor is messed up.....
I can get my scope along the sides of the shaft and see down to the bottom but I'm not sure yet what to look for,,,,
I am getting suspicious of the flexplate where it bolts to the crank..... The flanged/washer part of the bolts seems to have created an egg shaped surface on the flexplate but it's hard to tell.
And those bolts were tight... Had to use breaker to get them loose.....not sure how any movement could happen if they were torqued down correctly.....
Will keep at it...Need to get this truck higher...
