$ 10 transmission repair

[gene]

You can also buy a kit with instructions from Byron

http://www.chaparral-co.com/index.html

I just bought sets for 3 of us

gene

>Lets say your having a great day driving along in your GMC and you look at
>your speedometer needle and its setting on '0'' you think the speed cable is
>broken. The first time you slow down you find the transmission will not
shift
>out of first gear! Don't panic! or call a wrecker, or a transmission shop.
>All you need is a little plastic nylon type gear called a governer gear. You
>can change it yourself with even getting under your coach.I know of a few
>GMC'er that have spent a few hundred instead of ten. I suggest
>that every GMC owner keep a gear kit and a one-eight drill bit in the glove
>box.you can order a gear from your local transmission shop.and hope you will
>never need it.If you would like to have one you can call Ray Curtis at Eaton
>GMC at 1-800-764-3673 he will send a kit for 9.95 inc postage with
>instructions. also you can read more about this with photos on page 15 of
>motorhome-marketplace February 1999. Jim Anstett Loveland Colorado.
>
Genef -- 77PB/ore/ca
GMC MOTORHOME INFORMATION
mr.erf
http://www.california.com/~eagle/

 

[rob teed]

Hi Emery,
I did a search on the Net..This popped up first..
Maybe they have it or can make a few up. I would think
one order of a few hundred would last this group for
years.
Acu Seal, Inc.
33735 Groesbeck Hwy.
Fraser, MI 48026
Toll-Free: 1-800-ACU SEAL
Telephone: (810)294-0500
Fax: (810)294-5949
Email: Sales
http:/www.acuseal.com
it worth a try.
Rob Teed 74 Painted Desert

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gmcmotorhome
> [mailtowner-gmcmotorhome]On Behalf Of
> EMERYSTORA
> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 7:38 PM
> To: gmcmotorhome
> Subject: Re: GMC: $ 10 transmission repair
>
>
>

>
> you look at
> your speedometer needle and its setting on '0'' you think the
> speed cable is
> broken. The first time you slow down you find the transmission
> will not shift
> out of first gear! Don't panic! or call a wrecker, or a
> transmission shop.
> All you need is a little plastic nylon type gear called a
> governer gear. >>
>
> Jim -- good advice. Readers should also know that there is also
> another gear
> that can also cause the same speedometer problem but it won't affect the
> transmission shifting as the governor will. It is the speedometer drive
> gear, also a small plastic gear located behind the collar that the
> speedometer cable fits to at the governor housing. To replace
> this one you
> don't pull the governor, you just remove the small bolt from the
> bracket on
> the outside of the governor housing and pull the speedometer
> threaded shaft
> from the governor with the plastic gear. It's still available
> from any GM
> auto dealer (same part number as in the GMC part book) and it sells for
> $12.00.
>
> My cruise control servo froze up on my last trip and stripped this gear.
>
> Also, anyone pulling the governor housing themselves should use extreme
> caution when replacing it so as to not cut the square "O" ring
> that goes into
> the top of the transmission casting. When you slide in the
> governor it will
> want to tip so as to clear the exhaust manifold and it is easy
> for the gasket
> to slide down and get cut when the governor is pushed down.
>
> I had one of these gaskets crack some time ago. There is a small
> drain hole
> below the gasket so that tranny oil pumped into the governor
> shaft will drain
> back into the tranny pan. A small piece of mine clogged the
> hole. They will
> leak transmission oil very rapidly if they are cracked,
> particularly if the
> drain hole is clogged. My fluid pumped out within 10 miles and I
> couldn't
> move until I bought about 10 quarts of fluid and kept pouring it
> in until I
> got to a stopping place about 20 miles later. GM discontinued
> the gaskets
> about 10 years ago. Cinnabar and Gateway only sell them with a whole
> transmission rebuild gasket kit for about $100 +. I tried to get
> one from
> Golby and others and also from NAPA, AutoZone, Checker, Kragen, Superior
> Auto, Big A, and several independents. I also tried Midas,
> AMMCO, and about
> ten other tranny shops and was told the same thing, "only available in a
> rebuild kit." I finally got a used one at a junkyard after
> looking for two
> days. Even the junkyards would not sell me one unless I bought the whole
> tranny for about $75 or more, but I found one in a tranny with a
> cracked case.
>
> I'd like to carry a spare with me but still haven't found a source. If
> anyone has a source for this gasket, please let me know so I can buy one.
>
> Emery Stora
> 77 Kingsley
> Santa Fe, NM
>

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