When I went to check the fluid level, I noticed steam coming from out of the hole in the cap that the dipstick handle comes out of.so I assume the trans fluid was good and warm. So I rechecked after putting the car in drive with wheel chucks in the garage to put some load on the trans and heat up the fluid. Now, someone pointed out to me that the way I checked the fluid level was not great since I really didn't let the transmission warm up. It's fine my transmission fluid is fine!!!! Then I threw her in neutral, just like my service manual said, and checked the level. So I let my Chevy warm up for 20mins until the temp gauge started reading. I had to add a very small amount to bring it up to full.I could look down and see the fluid level. And just to set the record straight, when I got back from this latest test drive, I checked my power steering fluid and engine oil. I thought for SURE the fluid on the floor from when I put it up on the ramps was from the transmission. I'm short but found a stool and a welding glove I bought for just such an occasion. Two days later, I decided to try my hand at checking my transmission fluid myself. To my amazement, it worked!! I was able to shift into drive and pulled her in the garage, thanked my lucky stars and packed it in for the night. Throw it in neutral and rock the car back and forth. luckily a friend of mine texted me the answer. There I was parked on the opposite side of the road across from my house and no idea how I was going to get it back in the garage. I pull into my court and wouldn't you know it, it came out of drive and wouldn't go back in. Sometimes I would shift into to low thinking that it wouldn't try and shift then. After it's unsuccessful shift I would practically stop and it would go back into first. I did two loops around the sub still unsuccessfully trying to get it to shift into second. I kept driving it thinking maybe something just needed to warm up a bit more. Instead of shifting into second it would pop out of first as if to shift and then just free rev until I left off the gas. I packed in a few family members and off we went around the sub division. I let the car warm up for 5 to 10min and the ambient was about 55degF or slightly warmer. A week or so went by and then I topped off the power steering fluid (it didn't need much) and figured I'd take it for another spin since my power steering leak seemed to be minimum. There was more fluid leaking on the floor and I know some was from the transmission and some from the power steering again.I had cleaned it up when I first started the car and moved it out of the garage. I did notice that it seemed there were two puddles of trans fluid.maybe one was from the transmission?Ī few days later I put my car up on some ramps to investigate the leaks. Now, a little bit of background is that there was fluid all over my garage floor and I had to basically fully fill my power steering system, it's stock. Now I am not sure it's the one that came with the car but I'm sure it's a power guide two speed.Īnyway, I bought it at the end of August last year and I noticed the shifts getting rough near the end of the season.Ī few weeks ago I took it out for the first time, it was stored in my garage over the winter, and I test drove it around the sub. I have a 57 Chevy with a 2 speed powerguide.
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