Captain Ledd
04-20-2008, 12:55 PM
took a trip to the local Meijers to get bulbs and some wiper blades. Figured it'd be a good test run, 15 or so minutes each way, fairly low speed, knew the area, etc.
All was going well when 3rd gear in the T-18 decided it didn't want to work anymore about half way back on the return trip.
the dashboard hit it kind of with the boot on it so I took that off this afternoon. no difference.
decided to drain it, and this is what my brand new gear oil thats maybe 40 miles old tops looked like...
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p236/Captain_Ledd/Broken%20stuff%20me%20thinks/100_1945.jpg
There also a bunch of sludge feeling stuff on the bottom, I couldn't get a pic of it as it slid off the end of the magnet too quick.
The froth in the above picture used to cover about 40% of the surface. By the time I got the camera it had foamed down. it sounded like a sped-up pop fizzing as it was draining, and kinda did it after it had drained a bit too. I think maybe it got water in it somehow. But I can't imagine where because I had drained all the old junk out and filled it all back up.
The magnet
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p236/Captain_Ledd/Broken%20stuff%20me%20thinks/100_1946.jpg
close up for what it's worth.
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p236/Captain_Ledd/Broken%20stuff%20me%20thinks/100_1947.jpg
of all the Jerry-rigging, booty fab, general redneck fixes and cobbled together bits, THIS is what had to break. and I didn't even get to wheel it yet.
All was going well when 3rd gear in the T-18 decided it didn't want to work anymore about half way back on the return trip.
the dashboard hit it kind of with the boot on it so I took that off this afternoon. no difference.
decided to drain it, and this is what my brand new gear oil thats maybe 40 miles old tops looked like...
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p236/Captain_Ledd/Broken%20stuff%20me%20thinks/100_1945.jpg
There also a bunch of sludge feeling stuff on the bottom, I couldn't get a pic of it as it slid off the end of the magnet too quick.
The froth in the above picture used to cover about 40% of the surface. By the time I got the camera it had foamed down. it sounded like a sped-up pop fizzing as it was draining, and kinda did it after it had drained a bit too. I think maybe it got water in it somehow. But I can't imagine where because I had drained all the old junk out and filled it all back up.
The magnet
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p236/Captain_Ledd/Broken%20stuff%20me%20thinks/100_1946.jpg
close up for what it's worth.
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p236/Captain_Ledd/Broken%20stuff%20me%20thinks/100_1947.jpg
of all the Jerry-rigging, booty fab, general redneck fixes and cobbled together bits, THIS is what had to break. and I didn't even get to wheel it yet.