spiderw31 Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 Hey all, got a text from my boss tonight saying he thinks the tranny is toast on his 2000 Monty. Symptoms: Car shaking badly over 40MPH, and a loud squeal at all speeds when throttle pressed. Was manually able to shift gears (and thereby I assume that the car wouldn't shift otherwise) and limp the car home. Car has 125k very not gentle miles, and I'm told the tranny was flushed a couple k ago. I'm gonna take a look at the car for him tomorrow, and I'm not a tranny expert, so I'm looking for ideas. Gonna check the fluid first and go from there; any other advice will be welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornado_735 Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 If he beat on it, then I would suspect that it's shit the bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderw31 Posted October 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 If he beat on it, then I would suspect that it's shit the bed. Honestly, thats probably the case (hope he doesn't see this ), but I don't really know how bad, and I don't really know exactly what failure mode the symptoms indicate. Not to mention I'm trying to play the optimist for a minute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornado_735 Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 (edited) I could be wrong, but I think that our cars default to 2nd gear (maybe even 3rd) in failsafe mode. But it sounds like he is having some serious mechanical issues. When I was in an emergency stop situation (jumped hard on the brakes at 60mph to avoid some dumbass) something tripped my transmission into failsafe, and it would not shift for anything, regardless of where I put the gearshift (save for Park, Reverse, and Neutral) OD-1 had no effect, it went to 2nd or 3rd, and stayed there. And I remember no abnormal squealing or crunching. Edited October 25, 2010 by tornado_735 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderw31 Posted October 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 Ok, so there's nothing like a first hand diagnosis. Tranny is fine, the lower motor mount is blown and the right axle is toast. The engine is a bit tilted, and the CV joint is loose and rattles badly. My suspicion after driving the car is that the CV is binding as it rotates, and shoving wight all around, and this is made worse with the blown motor mount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BXX Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 Odds are the engine mount went, causing the axle failure. If the axle was binding, the car woulda been pulling so damn hard to the right he woulda thought something was up a long time ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderw31 Posted October 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 Odds are the engine mount went, causing the axle failure. I agree, though that axle has been sketchy for a while. I felt it in the steering wheel a while back and advised replacement. The mount collapsing was probably the last straw. I kinda described it backwards though. I was trying to say that with the mount blown, the failed axle felt (and sounded) worse with the engine bouncing back and forth as it was. Oh, and it sure yanks the wheel pretty bad now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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