> Took your advice...I dropped the oil pan and found what looks like a > > large
> > retaining ring in pieces...looks to have a 4 inch diameter...it almost
> > looks like it belongs with the Reverse band...
>
> I hate when that happens... one of our former tranny experts here (Gary > G,
> for those that remember) used to call those "identifiable chunks", and > when
> you have chunks that you can actually identify, that's bad...
>
> 4" diameter is more along the lines of a thrust washer - the reverse band > is
> larger than that. But that detail aside, I still think you found your > problem.
>
> > Can this be replaced without removing the transmission?
>
> Nope - gotta take it out and tear it down. Sorry the news isn't better.
I wonder if Gary G. is still alive and kicking, anyone heard form him or Budd for that matter?
Nothing on Gary. Budd? A few tried to reach him with the phone numbers we had. Nada. He was at the last pretty much out to lunch, might have had a stroke or some such.
Mac emailed today. Say's things are going along nicely. Say's HI!. He's making money doing his wood working and loving it. He is still waiting for internet at the house. He has to go to some cantina to get on, that he says is a pia.