Transmission Problem!
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2nd Gear
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Transmission Problem!
I have a 1981 Corvette that I bought a few months ago. Whenever I used it I always heard a clanking noise when I put it in drive, however when I was driving it the other day, I went to get on a highway the car started to accelerate and then just went into neutral and I had to coast off the road. No noise or warning. Is that the transmission or could it be something else?
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Is my vette stock?? HAHA
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Do any other gears work? If yes its rebuild time, if the torque converter went then have them flush it while its apart. I had one go and they didnt flush it and the tranny went again in a few months
Is my vette stock?? HAHA
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2020 C3 of the Year Finalist - Modified
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Flush the trans, why would you flush a bad converter. Yes i write poorly but really? Sorry i wasnt clear.
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Normal operation they do not go into neutral by them selves.
Get it up in air check all 6 u joints for ware & the snubbed mount in front of the rear end.
Also check the rear wheel bearings, clunking can mean many different things.
Good luck
Get it up in air check all 6 u joints for ware & the snubbed mount in front of the rear end.
Also check the rear wheel bearings, clunking can mean many different things.
Good luck
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