So my 3at is having issues, I was told to check the governor gear thingy, and the flex plate, but this may be a dumb question but could it possibly be the bearings in the diff for the front drive axles?:-\ It clinks when you take off from a start, and requires some rpms for it to even get in gear, reverse takes some rpms then a clunk, there is fluid leaking from some where on the tranny that drips onto the exhaust after the cat. The problem started after my wife accidentally threw it in reverse going about 20 mph, she is used to the 5spd in our 97 Leg Brighton, so I guess I could see why it happened, I'm just hoping that the tranny isn't cracked and or have stripped gears or somthin inside, I'm going to pull it apart on Tuesday to asses the situation, if any one has ideas please HELP:lol: of if I could get anyone to help me out I'd throw in a case of brewski's:banana:

 

Mike, Sandy, Oregon

92 Loyale wagon 4WD

97 Legacy Brighton 4WD

Tamiya Imprezza rally car RC

Axial Honcho RC Crawler scale

really? no one has any info, fooey!

How did you check the flexplate for cracks. Pull the engine? That is the only way to tell for sure. The fluid could be coming from the front seal and the only way to change it is pull the engine or the tranny.

Don't think the flexplate could be the problem but there is a fair chance the transmission case cracked.

Mike

After you check the trans for cracks, check the vacuum control module. Its on the pass side of the trans. They are known to leak and give the same shifting problems that you've described. They are fairly cheep. Remember to use a new o-ring when you replace it!

 

Ed

I really don't think the tranny case is cracked because it only leaks fluid when its running and in gear, but still I wont know until I check, but I did just order the vacuum module and a new pan gasket since I did pull it to see if there was any junk inside, Hopefully I wont have to replace the tranny they cost too much:slobber:

so I pulled th modulator and from the looks of it the fluid is coming from that general area, I just ordered a new 14 bolt pan gasket,modulator, and working on getting a new downshift solenoid from the dealer(the others from rockauto), hopefully they both come with new o-rings:-\ And I also ordered a new vacuum line from the modulator to the rest of the birds nest, so I hope that this will do the trick, otherwise its going to be time to save the cash and do the EJ and 5spd swap.

Silverhelme are you taking the seal between the tranny and front diff? that would be a pain it the A$$ to fix.