I'm sure I got a short.

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Im not sure what I would use for sealant on the threads if it is into the water jacket. It needs some high heat resistant sealant I would guess.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

I'm also wondering if bolts I bought to replace the exhaust manifold bolts
( because the heads of the bolts are really messed up and rounded )
even though they're the right thread are the wrong size stud portion of the bolt.

I believe that the old bolts are in the bed of my truck.
I might need to get them out and use my generic calipers I got from harbor freight see what size the stud portion of them are and if there's a difference.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

I wonder if they sell UV dye at Home Depot.?

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

Harbor freight's website says they sell three different kinds of UV dye for $9.99 each.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

I went to my brother Larry's house today and got his radiator pressure testing kit.

I got to go to the title bureau tomorrow get a title transferred into my name for the 08 Chevy Malibu I drive and get some tags put on it next door at the license bureau.

My plans are to use the radiator pressure testing kit on my truck tomorrow afternoon and see if I can figure out exactly where the water is coming from.

Of course I'll post an update once I know exactly what's going on or at least more of what's going on.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

I made a new video today when I was trying to figure out why the water/antifreeze whatever we want to call it was leaking out of my truck.

So let's see if this link works or not.

New video · Tuesday, Sep 2 🎬

Tap to view!

photos.app.goo.gl

Once I hooked up the radiator pressure tester to the radiator of the truck and then pump it up I saw what's in the video right away.

I will go into explaining more once I know the link works or not.

 

[Curious Hound]

Link works fine. So, is that leak somehow spraying onto the exhaust manifold to cause what we saw in the first video? If it is, you're in luck. This is a cheap and easy thing to fix.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

Thanks for verifying the link works @Curious Hound .

I had started writing this in advance waiting for someone to verify the link worked.

So I will now explain what was going on with my truck.

The radiator hose you see leaking in the video I unhooked when I took the transmission out of my truck so I'd have better access to the exhaust manifold on the passenger side.

Evidently when I tightened up the hose clamp on that radiator hose the clamp broke somehow someway.

But that happening when my truck got warm as I was driving it around it got warm enough to put some pressure into the radiator system but not a lot to where it would shoot out of the hose like it did in the video.
It must have just been barely leaking onto the intake Manifold and onto the valve cover as well.

Then once the water fluid whatever you want to call it was on my valve cover it was rolling around the valve cover and dripping down hitting the manifold and boiling there and that's what the bubbles was about.

At least this is what I do believe.
I bought a new radiator hose clamp and since I've replaced it I've not had that problem again.
I've drove my truck five times today.

The transmission is for sure slipping I've checked the transmission fluid approximately 10 times today and it's right at the very top of the hash mark on the dipstick.

So I believe when the transmission fluid came out when the front seal messed up, and I added more fluid in it so I could drive it home I may have messed up the transmission.

I've got more inspections to do on the transmission because I think the lines ain't tied enough at the transmission either.
Because I could see a puddle, where some fluid leakage happened under the truck where it was parked at behind my brother's house right around the location of the transmission lines hooking up to the transmission but it also could be the transmission pan gasket leaking as well.

Once again I wrote a book.
I have a tendency to do that.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

P S. To my last post.
I'm very, very, very happy that's what the problem turned out to be.
A head gasket would have really hurt me bad.

Thanks once again to everyone for the help and the encouragement.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

Well I was able to mess around with my truck some more today.

I got underneath it and made sure all wiring plugs were plugged in.

Figured while I was under there I'd see if I could tell if the fluid lines were tight enough or not.
The catalytic converters were in the way too much. I couldn't get to the connections were the lines screw into the transmission.

I could see for sure however that the transmission needs a new pan gasket. It's leaking for sure.

With the pan gasket leaking some what the fluid level sure is staying pretty much the same though.
It's right at the top line of the hash mark section of the dipstick.

But I'm now truly for sure that the transmission is slipping.
I put it in reverse today and the reverse didn't even kick in until the RPMs was around the 2,200 range.
And then it was moving very, very slowly.

My truck was built in 93 and is titled a 94 and my transmission is an automatic with overdrive.

So how hard is it to rebuild my transmission?
How do I know for sure what transmissions is in my truck?
How expensive is it to rebuild it?
Am I going to need any special tools?

I've never rebuild a transmission before.
Does anyone think I rebuild it myself?
Should I just save up the money to pay to have it rebuilt by a transmission shop?
If so, how do I know I can trust the transmission shop to do it right.

Once again thanks for the help everyone.

 

[rumblecloud]

It's probably an A4LD typical and standard for that year - mine is an A4LD. This trans does have a reputation for failure, although I have not had any issues with mine and I'm at around 235.000 on the clock.

From my understanding, rebuilding is is not an easy task for a beginner.

However, you may be able to adjust the bands. I am not an expert on this, but others are and I am sure they will chime in on this. I think this can be done under the truck without removing the trans. But again, wait for others correct me if I am wrong.

EDIT: Just saw this new string. Might be worth a read:
A4LD rebuild done, now onto shifting.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

Thank you @rumblecloud for the input.
I saw that thread yesterday and it wasn't any help.

However I'm thinking that ty..... Might have another thread that maybe helpful.

Thanks once again for your Input and knowledge.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

I got a new dilemma today.
I went to look at 2 different Rangers today that the appliance store owner My brother Andy buys appliances from owns the trucks. He would really like to get them running so he can have his employees use these trucks for deliveries.
That way he can save money because he won't have to use the trucks that he has.

The 1st one is a 1994 Regular cab, Regular bed with a 3.0L motor with an automatic transmission.
It has a distributor in it.
It's not getting any spark.
I could not find an Ignition Control Module on the inside of the core support by the driver side headlight.

I looked at this 1st one first and I got to be honest with it being a 94 like mine I paid closer attention to it.

The 2nd one is a 1995 Regular cab Regular bed. With an automatic transmission.
I don't remember at this time if it had a 3.0L or 4.0L moter.
It had a 6pack coil pack. Like mine, so I know for sure it's a 6 cylinder moter.
I didn't see an ignition control module on the inside of the core support by the driver side headlight on this truck either.
This truck is also not getting any spark.
The guy told me he had the truck running 3 or 4 times he's owned it.
He also said he had paid another guy to change the timing chain thinking that would fix the truck but it did not.

When told him I was looking for the ignition control module he then pointed out a blue electronic box that's mounted to inside of the cab on the front passenger side behind the paneling underneath the dash on the sidewall of cab.

And he asked me if that was what I was talking about. I told him I don't know what that box is but I would try to find out before I talked to him again.

I don't know what this box is I asked him if I could take some pictures and he said he didn't have a lot of time today that I could take pictures another day.

After he pointed out the little electronic box inside the cab I asked him if I could just take one picture of that little box and he said okay but I'm out of time I got to go.

So here's the one picture I was able to take today. I had to take the picture leaning inside the past your side door jamb. The truck was parked in a real narrow driveway in the passenger side was only like a foot and a half away from the house.
I found out when I opened the driver's side door to try to take the picture from that side there was a wasp nest in the door jamb so then I had to fight wasps.
Needless to say I shut the driver side door pretty quick.

I know it's not a very good picture but I figured a picture is better than no picture.


You can see where the wire connector plugs in on the left side of the picture is the truck's floor carpet.

As Andy and I was leaving the house the guy told me that he thinks the other truck (94) also has 1 of those little electronic boxes.

So can anyone please, please, tell me what that little electronic box in the picture is?

I know once again I wrote a book.
Sorry.

 

[bobbywalter]

4.leakers

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

@bobbywalter ????