Cruiser Jimmy
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Fellows, I've decided to rebuild my tranny myself for the education.
The below is a narrative of an email to Rodney in OZ about the tranny.
The trans (A440F) has been acting weird lately for the past 6 days and it's finally come to a head. For the past 5 days the trans felt like it "released" the engine before it would upshift from 2nd to 3rd. By "released" I mean that the engine would rev say from 3500 rpms up to 4500 rpms before the trans would step into 3rd gear.
Well yesterday, the trans does not want to upshift to 3rd gear. I have to feather the gas to find 3rd, but that's only momentary.
At the same time I have checked reverse and found that I have to go to full throttle for reverse to kick in, otherwise I can go to 1/4 throttle before the rigs ever starts to move.
History of the Trans:
About three years ago the trans was rebuilt by a local tranny shop.
It over heated [A/T Oil Temp light] on 2 or 3 separate occasions after the rebuild and I replaced the fuild every time it over heated. Then I bought a tranny cooler from AutoZone and installed, the largest square inch I could find.
Not that this has anything to do with the trans operation, but the speedo cable broke last week the same time the trans started acting up. I just replaced the speedo cable last night.
Additionally, I was wheeling about a month ago and this hill was giving me hell. On four occations I got to the top of the hill and the rigs was rev'ing but not going anywhere. (wonder if I burnt something, ya' think)
Well, Rodney came back and basically stated what I suspected, the 3rd gear clutch is burnt, 3rd clutch also controls reverse operations.
So I've started the operation and will be replacing the clutches once I pick them up.
By the way, I bought the A440F rebuilt book from Toyota. That's the first thing one should do.
Future search requests:
Tranny rebuild
Transmission rebuild
Rebuild transmission
Here's a MUD salute to the operation.
The below is a narrative of an email to Rodney in OZ about the tranny.
The trans (A440F) has been acting weird lately for the past 6 days and it's finally come to a head. For the past 5 days the trans felt like it "released" the engine before it would upshift from 2nd to 3rd. By "released" I mean that the engine would rev say from 3500 rpms up to 4500 rpms before the trans would step into 3rd gear.
Well yesterday, the trans does not want to upshift to 3rd gear. I have to feather the gas to find 3rd, but that's only momentary.
At the same time I have checked reverse and found that I have to go to full throttle for reverse to kick in, otherwise I can go to 1/4 throttle before the rigs ever starts to move.
History of the Trans:
About three years ago the trans was rebuilt by a local tranny shop.
It over heated [A/T Oil Temp light] on 2 or 3 separate occasions after the rebuild and I replaced the fuild every time it over heated. Then I bought a tranny cooler from AutoZone and installed, the largest square inch I could find.
Not that this has anything to do with the trans operation, but the speedo cable broke last week the same time the trans started acting up. I just replaced the speedo cable last night.
Additionally, I was wheeling about a month ago and this hill was giving me hell. On four occations I got to the top of the hill and the rigs was rev'ing but not going anywhere. (wonder if I burnt something, ya' think)
Well, Rodney came back and basically stated what I suspected, the 3rd gear clutch is burnt, 3rd clutch also controls reverse operations.
So I've started the operation and will be replacing the clutches once I pick them up.
By the way, I bought the A440F rebuilt book from Toyota. That's the first thing one should do.
Future search requests:
Tranny rebuild
Transmission rebuild
Rebuild transmission
Here's a MUD salute to the operation.
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