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Old Aug 18, 2010 | 05:54 PM
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhh..went on a run a few weeks back.....cut a hole in a heater hose that I couldnt see do to heat/ evaporation ect oh....let me add this all started around 11 pm....anyhoo...I kept on runnin the interstate after each refill...till I found civilization and a hotel....in the morning I found the little smile in the heater hose.....even though I kept the radiator fed with any and all liquids available....including ice from the cooler...and my coorslights She did run hot a few times...until I found said hotel... now my auto tranny likes to shimmy and wiggle when I first get rollin from a dead stop.....
Fluid change??? Filter and fluid change??? Pick n Pull???? what do y'all suggest
Thanks.......Scott
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Old Aug 18, 2010 | 07:37 PM
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anybody got a clue????
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Old Aug 18, 2010 | 07:48 PM
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Did you check the dist. Cap for moisture?
It is odd that the tranny would act that way.
Just my .02
Good luck with it.
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Old Aug 19, 2010 | 05:11 PM
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ok...lets try this again...tonite
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Old Aug 19, 2010 | 06:40 PM
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Obviously the Auto tranny cooler is in the radiator. Maby that overheating, overheated your trans fluid a bit to much.
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