Hello all.
I retrieved my beloved old truck from the mud. (It wasn't being abused, but the weather happened and turned the grassy patch it was resting on into a mud pit that I could not get it out of.)
Particulars: 6.2L Diesel, 4-speed automatic, no special differential that I know of...4x2
I pulled it out tonight with another truck. Now that it is free, something is evidently seriously wrong. Putting the shifter in drive results in the transmission seemingly going into gear (that feels like it always has). However, there is now very little go at all. In fact, the passenger's side rear wheel spins a little and there is a bad sounding kind of a whine and then several scrape, scrape, scrape, scrape noises coming from the rear. All this time the truck can barely move and it is pointing down a small hill. Reverse still seems to work just fine. There seems to be enough tranny fluid and it looks to be in excellent shape.
Anybody got any thoughts as to what stupid thing I did or what simply died?
William The Disheartened & Unable To Guess At What's Wrong