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1990 4runner wont move:(

I was on the highway yesterday and driving along when it started smoking and I pulled over and it wouldnt move anymore. I towed it home and transmission fluid is full but the level doesnt seem to move on the dipstick and the fluid is not getting hot no matter how long I let the truck sit running(I left it running for an hour in park). All the gears feel like neutral. I have revved it up in drive and reverse and low to see if it moved even a little but nothing. Its a v6 automatic. I have to press the button by the side of the shifter to disengage it from park because the switch that did it electronically when you pressed the brake no longer works...would this have anything to do with it?? Thanks:)

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On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 13:29:09 -0500, snipped-for-privacy@webtv.net (:\) :\)) found these unused words floating about:

Have you looked to see if the linkage is moving from your shifter to the transmission?

FWIW: Smoking - from where?

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Sir F. A. Rien

Hello:) The linkage is moving in the transmission. It was smoking from the transmission. I think the pump is not pumping the transmission fluid at all because the reading on the stick is always the same with the vehicle cold or warmed up for an hour. Is the pump accessible through the pan on the bottom of the transmission??? Thanks for the help!!:)

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Wish I had better news but the smoke you saw was most likely caused by the tranny slipping and the burning the clutch plates. Trust me it has NOTHING to do with your pump. It is only accesable by removing the tranny and then removing it from the bell housing. The transmission will need to be rebuilt and make sure you take this unit to a well qualified professional...sorry no shade tree work will get ya going. Unless you are leaking fluid...you can let it run 3 days and your fluid level will not change. Well at least no more than a half pint just because of heat expansion from the fluid itself. Sorry guy...that ones gonna cost ya.

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Ray

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