More C43 transmission troubles
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1999 C43
Sorry for another long post, (and crossposting) just trying to get as much info out there as possible.
Got the car back Friday, seems OK, have 1st & 5th back
The culprit appears to be a washer on the output shaft broke & broke free. That is probably the chunks they saw in the pan. There was potential for pieces everywhere so I told them to go ahead with the rebuild.
The transmission is so complex; I guess I can't expect that everything would be perf (can I??) But seems OK so far AND under budget
$3577 out the door. The girl who rung me up said wow you got a great deal!
I have some seemingly unrelated problems though... Engine is not running great. Not all the time but once in a while it runs really rough for about 10 sec like it is missing or something (no codes though.) I spoke again with the mechanic that referred me to MZF; he said that they have to tilt the engine at such an angle to get the trans out that sometimes a vacuum hose pops off or something. However, that wouldn't be intermittent though, it would run like crap all the time.
Also, seemingly reeeally unrelated, when I push down on the brake pedal, there is initial resistance when first pressed then it is OK. Bent some linkage putting it back in?? I have no idea if one is even physically close to another.
Another weird thing is the oil light has come on about three times, just when I am going straight down the road. Oil level is OK though, right in the middle.
I’ll drive it around the rest of the weekend and see if it fixes itself
and I will let y'all know...
Thanks.
Got the car back Friday, seems OK, have 1st & 5th back
The culprit appears to be a washer on the output shaft broke & broke free. That is probably the chunks they saw in the pan. There was potential for pieces everywhere so I told them to go ahead with the rebuild. The transmission is so complex; I guess I can't expect that everything would be perf (can I??) But seems OK so far AND under budget
$3577 out the door. The girl who rung me up said wow you got a great deal! I have some seemingly unrelated problems though... Engine is not running great. Not all the time but once in a while it runs really rough for about 10 sec like it is missing or something (no codes though.) I spoke again with the mechanic that referred me to MZF; he said that they have to tilt the engine at such an angle to get the trans out that sometimes a vacuum hose pops off or something. However, that wouldn't be intermittent though, it would run like crap all the time.
Also, seemingly reeeally unrelated, when I push down on the brake pedal, there is initial resistance when first pressed then it is OK. Bent some linkage putting it back in?? I have no idea if one is even physically close to another.
Another weird thing is the oil light has come on about three times, just when I am going straight down the road. Oil level is OK though, right in the middle.
I’ll drive it around the rest of the weekend and see if it fixes itself
and I will let y'all know...Thanks.
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From: SF Bay Area
1999 C43
I dunno... I haven't kept it up that well so I might be embarrassed to show it there... (Where is the embarrassed smiley??) But I guess I could be a good lesson in "Don't let this happen yours!"
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OK, one more post on this before I fade back into lurkerdom...
I did take it back in because it was running like crap. Solution - the air cleaner wasn't on all the way! He just banged it down some and it went to running smooth right away. No problems since!
Thanks everyone for your help & advice!
Take care, Greg.
I did take it back in because it was running like crap. Solution - the air cleaner wasn't on all the way! He just banged it down some and it went to running smooth right away. No problems since!
Thanks everyone for your help & advice!
Take care, Greg.
