-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Stus-List Red spots under transmission...Oh My! From: Marek Dziedzic To: Wally Bryant CC:
For whatever it's worth, i fought a transmission oil leak for several weeks earlier this year only to find out that a little ($1.50) metal seal under the dipstick disintegrated and was no longer there. Eventually, i found a place somewhere in Seattle, where they carry all kinds of spare parts for Hurth (and ZF) transmissions. The postage was more than the parts. But they were nice enough to send it via a normal letter. The place is called MER equipment (merequipment.com). Marek Wally Bryant via CnC-List wrote: You didn't say what kind of transmission. That's important. I originally had a Hurth, and it always made a big klunk sound when changing gears. I bought a new one when I repowered, and the brand new one makes a big klunk sound when changing gears. The manual says that one should not be hesitant when changing gears. Just throw it into place. Regarding the 'klunk' I think that's just what they do. The old one was 24 years old, and the new one has about 1200 hours on it, and I have no problems with a big klunk. I've come to love it. The Hurth uses ATF. Red Oil means ATF is leaking. But where is it leaking? That's the puzzle. I'll tell you a secret. With my new (2000ish) Hurth tranny, I had a huge problem with ATF fluid leaking. I was really puzzled. I ran it in gear at the dock with lines tied up all over the place trying to figure out where the leak was coming from. I spent hours watching and trying to understand. Eventually I realized that it was coming from the little vent hole at the top of the filler plug. Then I spent a few weeks thinking. Hurth was bought by ZF a while ago. The original hollow dipstick had a little tiny hole drilled just below the top, and the new dipstick didn't have that hole. Thus, the only place for ATF fluid to leak was out the vent. I guess they tried to 'cost-reduce' it. I took a drill and put a new hole back where the old one was, and haven't had a leak or a problem since, because the fluid that gets pushed up into the filler tube now can leak back down over the gears. Note that after drilling the hole I went berserk flushing out the filler tube and changed fluid three times within 20 hours of run time, because I didn't want metal fragments in my tranny. Gotta go. I'm hungry. Wal you wrote: > It us usually pretty normal for a pretty loud clunk when shifting from > neutral to forward or reverse....but it hasn't slipped or failed. yet... -- s/v Stella Blue www.wbryant.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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