Yeah...driving home a couple weeks back and seeing a trail of smoke behind me. Not good. Stopped at intersections, smell tranny fluid burning. Not good. Feeling the clutch pedal get softer and softer. Not good. Let it sit for a couple days til I had the free time, then get down to business.

NOT my ideal way to start a Saturday morning...


Get it pulled apart, wtf?!?!?



One of the six pressure plate bolts had worked its way loose, and rub-rub-rubbedy-dubbed itself through the aluminum.

As you can see it did a nice little dance around inside before exiting.


Luckily I had my old stock trans laying around, and threw it back in the car for the time being. The trans with the hole has a Quaiffe in it, and I miss it already Do I weld the hole shut? Do I split the trans and swap bellhouses, which may require re-shimming the diff side bearings? Do I swap diff units between the two trans? Hmmm decisions decisions...




14.330 @ 96.37mph

Split the bellhousing and swap cases. better safe than sorry.

Super bummer dude.....you'll figure it out...!

Bill, just split both cases and swap over the diffs. Its a pretty simple job actually.
Just make sure you get the plug on the inside of the bellhousing and the oil diverter behind it.

i welded my on my old tahoe and its still fine 4 years later.
but if i would have had an extra trans at the time i would have swapped it.
just a thought.









My car was made with wrenches, Not chopsticks.