Thanks Dave, she had not been on the freeway in 10 years but had been driven about once a month to and from here and there. There were no drips in the driveway from the guy I bought it from. That had me kind of going back to running this thinner oil (10/30) in it when she may have been running a thicker oil (10/40). Then again, the truck had not been driven over 50MPH for the past ten years and had probably never had a work out like the night I drove her home.
I'm going to dump this oil this weekend and go with a thicker oil and see if that stops the leaking. I'm trying to find someone here in the Dallas / Fort Worth area that can work over the shifting components as I'm sure she need a new bushing here and there. Most of the tranny shops I've called don't have much experience on this older stuff and seem to agree that it's more if a linkage issue rather than tranny problems. I'm even considering a floor shifter to work around the linkage issues of the collum shift models like mine.
I also heard that u-joints could be shot, tranny mounts could be bad, & or the carrier bearing. All the mounts are solid as a rock, u joints are tight, and maybe I am blind but I could not find a carrier bearing anywhere on the driveshaft. Hmmmm......
I thought I would see what the thoughts were of folks who deal with these trucks every day like yourselves.
Synchronizers? I didn't think these early 3 speeds has synchros. Maybe I am wrong but I thought that I heard elsewhere that they didn't. Definately NOT questioning your expertise but just want to make sure that I know what I am talking about by learning from people like yourself. Thanks!!
