[mikeshauling]

wasnt too bad gettin it out, 3 hours

this is how it came home, at least it was a dodge that pulled it and not a ferd like last time

This little load was being pulled when it broke, but i was just doin 55 mph or so and cruisin down a hill real easy when it let go. :confused013: My l/p is about dead so i WAS really babying the darn truck too.

 

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Just need to get the bolts and the center of the flexplate off now, the motor turns when i try to get em off,,, any tips on this ??

 

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well i didnt pull the tranny out, i just unhooked it and pulled it back @ 8 INCHES AND I DONT it will fit but it may

 

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bd flex goin in and the tc looked ok. shaft looked good too. the only damage is to the adapter plate( the engine housing thing ? ) that the flexplate bolts on to, its a little scratched up but i think it will be ok, there is some fine metal shavings that need blown out and there wasnt any fluid so i think its gonna be ok,,, i hope

 

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I hope the install goes as well as the removal.

 

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Well , it went back in with no problems. I also believe that it had been cracked or broke for a few months too. I have been having a little vibration under HARD acceleration, i thought it was tires maybe . Well since the new flexplate has been in, the small vibration is gone. The truck seems to run alot smoother now when you jump on it. The raptor i put on at the same time may have helped too.

 

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my plate was a little scratched and grooved, but not that bad. The rear seal groove looked fine. It wasnt knocked in or rough around the edge , so i didnt worry about it too much.

 

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Is the crack in the windshield from the Ford dropin parts!!

haha kinda,,, a ford minivan threw a rock up and cracked it.

 

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well mine kinda sounded like a small wire or something getting into the fan for a few seconds then it got real loud. It sounded like i stuck a piece of steel into a fast moving fan blade enough to make it start to stop or slow down, then i lost all forward moving ability. It was just like being in nuetral and reving the motor with no power to the tranny. This all took place in maybe 3-5 seconds, i shut the truck off and coasted to a stop. I tried to fire it up but it was dead. I could hear something kinda grinding or ratteling when i cranked it, so i quit trying that LOL.


And no you cant drive with it broken, well if its brfoken completely out like mine was anyway. If its just cracked then you might be able to drive it until it dies like mine did.

 

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the only way to really check it is to pull the trans and take a look, but you could pull the inspection cover off the bell housing and check for any metal or debris there too. If you pull the trans to look at it,then check for any rust lines on it or any fine cracks . The noise wasnt at idle, it just started while i was cruising at @ 55 mph but i did have a decent size loaded g/n on it too. The noise started and then it just got loud in about a few seconds time. I had been having a slight vibration when accelerating pretty hard but i thought it was my tires that were almost bald LOL.. Well when i installed the new flex plate , the vibration was gone. I then figured that my flexplate had been cracked for a few weeks or a month and that it was the vibration i was feeling. If you do pull the trans out to look , then you might want to atleast upgrade the plate. Also by your sig, i see you have a smarty, you may want to look into doing some trans upgrades too. JUST MY 2 CENTS I need a good swift kick in the nuts for ignoring all the advice to do the flexplate while my trans was out getting some DTT pieces and parts. haha Good luck finding the knock, i dont know how or who checked your injectors but make sure they know what they were doing. A dealer can very easily screw up an injector test, they will say that they are within specs and the truth is one of them is junk.