Mrtin
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- Location
- Austin, TX
- Vehicle Year
- 1992
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 2.3L
- Transmission
- Manual
Hello all. I've got a 1992 2wd 2.3 liter with the M50D-R1 transmission. I very recently started hearing a classic input bearing noise, which is to say I hear a whine increase with RPM in all gears except 4th.
I decided to get down and check the fluid levels, found the entire transmission and crossmember covered in a thin coat of what seems like transmission oil. I never did check the fluid level, could not budge the fill plug.
I took it into a shop to see if they could tell me where the leak was, which they offered to do for free. My hope (perhaps far-fetched) was that they'd tell me the transmission was fine and leaking out of the top so I could pop a few new seals in under the shifter without even dropping the transmission. Instead they say the housing itself is leaking.
My question is this. With a whine already developed and significant leaking observed, is there any reason to believe that resealing the housing and filling the fluid would solve the problem? Would you assume those bearings are already shot? They seem very confident that sealing it will solve everything and I just don't understand how they could feel that way without being able to see the bearings. I don't want to have them drop my transmission only to have them call and tell me I actually need a complete rebuild at which point I'm more or less at their mercy. Unrelated to all of this, I will need a clutch sooner than later anyway and they'll do my clutch and reseal everything for one thousand. As I debate having them do this for me vs attempting it all myself, I was hoping for a better idea of if their expectations are reasonable or not. Is that whine a sign of bearing failure soon to come, or a sign that they are already past saving?
Thanks guys!
-Mrtin
I decided to get down and check the fluid levels, found the entire transmission and crossmember covered in a thin coat of what seems like transmission oil. I never did check the fluid level, could not budge the fill plug.
I took it into a shop to see if they could tell me where the leak was, which they offered to do for free. My hope (perhaps far-fetched) was that they'd tell me the transmission was fine and leaking out of the top so I could pop a few new seals in under the shifter without even dropping the transmission. Instead they say the housing itself is leaking.
My question is this. With a whine already developed and significant leaking observed, is there any reason to believe that resealing the housing and filling the fluid would solve the problem? Would you assume those bearings are already shot? They seem very confident that sealing it will solve everything and I just don't understand how they could feel that way without being able to see the bearings. I don't want to have them drop my transmission only to have them call and tell me I actually need a complete rebuild at which point I'm more or less at their mercy. Unrelated to all of this, I will need a clutch sooner than later anyway and they'll do my clutch and reseal everything for one thousand. As I debate having them do this for me vs attempting it all myself, I was hoping for a better idea of if their expectations are reasonable or not. Is that whine a sign of bearing failure soon to come, or a sign that they are already past saving?
Thanks guys!
-Mrtin
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