Rust never sleeps...

[Scott Tanner]

Well, at 158,000 miles of NY road salt, the trac has failed it's first system.. Momma and I were returning from the vintage car races at Watkins Glen NY, when I noticed after parking the RV in the driveway that a Puddle was forming under the trac... DOH!!! Granted, I knew the tranny lines were rusted, and they should be fixed, but hey... I'm a guy... Soooo here's what I found:





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Here Is the fix, some 3/8 fuel line and a lot of compression fittings...



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Of course, everything under the truck has a nice coating of oil on it now...



But wait, there's more.....



Upon refilling the tranny with Mercon V, I noticed that the new fluid was finding it's way to the ground... WTF?? Evidently, the dipstick/fill tube is rotted out where it passes the exhaust manifold... Grrr. :angry: I think this has happened to another on the forum before...

 

[Mark Stadnicki]

Wow! glad you made it home, that could of been ugly if not.

 

[Steve McKellop]

On the bright side, it sprayed itself with rust preventative!

 

[gary s]

one of my favorite neil young albums