First time towing long distance
11-14-2016, 06:53 PM
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dont think your transfer case lost fluid..my guess would be from towing in overdrive the converter was getting hot..once transmission gets real hot it will blow fluid threw the vent tube
11-14-2016, 09:49 PM
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Its a 5 speed nv3500 so no converter. The T case was low when I checked it and then took 2.5 Qts. I am going to change trans fluid tomorrow and see if it was low or not but I dont think it will be.
11-15-2016, 04:26 PM
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Changed trans fluid today there was plenty of it and it didnt smell burnt or anything. It had redline 5w30 in it from when I changed it a year or so ago. I just put synchromesh in it and Ill take it for a drive tomorrow to see if it sounds or feels any better.
12-17-2016, 03:44 PM
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Been awhile since an update was on vacation down in Florida. Ended up driving my Mazda CX5 to Florida to save money on gas. My buddy in Dallas flew to Florida to pick up his 93RX7 FD and follow me back to Dallas incase he needed support. His car almost made it to Shereve port LA when his secondary turbo gave out.
We ended up leaving the car at a gas station driving all the way back to Dallas to get my truck and a Uhaul trailer. Went got the car and turned back for dallas. It was a long trip but the truck towed the little RX7 great held about 70-75 the entire way. Never had any over heating problem or anything. Got 14mpg which is about my around town average.
We ended up leaving the car at a gas station driving all the way back to Dallas to get my truck and a Uhaul trailer. Went got the car and turned back for dallas. It was a long trip but the truck towed the little RX7 great held about 70-75 the entire way. Never had any over heating problem or anything. Got 14mpg which is about my around town average.
11-13-2019, 08:41 PM
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ever get any resolution on your trans issue?
just had my first towing problem since the clutch line: 6700lb trailer up & down the mountains between Tucson & North Juarez with a 20-30mph headwind, and since i was flying the next afternoon, getting home at 6am wouldn't cut it... so i was doing 70-75 back to Abilene (unless i ran out of torque & dropped to around 55-60).
clutch was fine the whole way... but from about Midland on, i started getting a metallic rubbing sound in all gears except 4th. was louder yesterday driving to work.
i really hope i didn't just trash my new trans (2.5yr/29kmi). if i did, i'll need some details on the 4500 swap... and maybe some whiskey therapy for playing it too safe by not attempting a custom trans swap a month before PCSing last time.
just had my first towing problem since the clutch line: 6700lb trailer up & down the mountains between Tucson & North Juarez with a 20-30mph headwind, and since i was flying the next afternoon, getting home at 6am wouldn't cut it... so i was doing 70-75 back to Abilene (unless i ran out of torque & dropped to around 55-60).
clutch was fine the whole way... but from about Midland on, i started getting a metallic rubbing sound in all gears except 4th. was louder yesterday driving to work.
i really hope i didn't just trash my new trans (2.5yr/29kmi). if i did, i'll need some details on the 4500 swap... and maybe some whiskey therapy for playing it too safe by not attempting a custom trans swap a month before PCSing last time.
11-14-2019, 04:06 PM
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ever get any resolution on your trans issue?
just had my first towing problem since the clutch line: 6700lb trailer up & down the mountains between Tucson & North Juarez with a 20-30mph headwind, and since i was flying the next afternoon, getting home at 6am wouldn't cut it... so i was doing 70-75 back to Abilene (unless i ran out of torque & dropped to around 55-60).
clutch was fine the whole way... but from about Midland on, i started getting a metallic rubbing sound in all gears except 4th. was louder yesterday driving to work.
i really hope i didn't just trash my new trans (2.5yr/29kmi). if i did, i'll need some details on the 4500 swap... and maybe some whiskey therapy for playing it too safe by not attempting a custom trans swap a month before PCSing last time.
just had my first towing problem since the clutch line: 6700lb trailer up & down the mountains between Tucson & North Juarez with a 20-30mph headwind, and since i was flying the next afternoon, getting home at 6am wouldn't cut it... so i was doing 70-75 back to Abilene (unless i ran out of torque & dropped to around 55-60).
clutch was fine the whole way... but from about Midland on, i started getting a metallic rubbing sound in all gears except 4th. was louder yesterday driving to work.
i really hope i didn't just trash my new trans (2.5yr/29kmi). if i did, i'll need some details on the 4500 swap... and maybe some whiskey therapy for playing it too safe by not attempting a custom trans swap a month before PCSing last time.
The noise my nv3500 made was similar to taking a metal coffee can full of marbles and swirling it around. Now when I tow anything I consider heavy 6k+ I leave it in 4th. Helps keep the little 4.8 out of boost as well.
11-14-2019, 11:24 PM
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and i didn't know anybody else remembered metal coffee cans... but that's about the sound of it.
goes up & down with RPM.so i called Smith's this morning... they didn't help much other than saying how much the labor was & that you'd provided all the parts.
was it really a plug-and-play swap with a 6.0 flywheel/clutch/slave & the trans (with rewiring the reverse switch... and what needs done there?)? did you do the HD T-case, did it mate right to your stock unit, or did you have to t-case input shafts? And both stock driveshafts fit right on? I do know the crossmember works, and saw that the nv3500 shifters MIGHT work depending on the year/design of the nv4500.
11-15-2019, 11:14 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1op3ZoNeflc
and i didn't know anybody else remembered metal coffee cans... but that's about the sound of it. goes up & down with RPM.
so i called Smith's this morning... they didn't help much other than saying how much the labor was & that you'd provided all the parts.
was it really a plug-and-play swap with a 6.0 flywheel/clutch/slave & the trans (with rewiring the reverse switch... and what needs done there?)? did you do the HD T-case, did it mate right to your stock unit, or did you have to t-case input shafts? And both stock driveshafts fit right on? I do know the crossmember works, and saw that the nv3500 shifters MIGHT work depending on the year/design of the nv4500.
and i didn't know anybody else remembered metal coffee cans... but that's about the sound of it.
goes up & down with RPM.so i called Smith's this morning... they didn't help much other than saying how much the labor was & that you'd provided all the parts.
was it really a plug-and-play swap with a 6.0 flywheel/clutch/slave & the trans (with rewiring the reverse switch... and what needs done there?)? did you do the HD T-case, did it mate right to your stock unit, or did you have to t-case input shafts? And both stock driveshafts fit right on? I do know the crossmember works, and saw that the nv3500 shifters MIGHT work depending on the year/design of the nv4500.
The clutch, and pressure plate are OEM from a 2005 2500 with a 6.0 and nv4500. The slave is a factory replacement for a 2005 RCSB with an nv3500. The T case is the exact same one that was factory no change to shafts whatsoever. The cross member is the same as well. The reverse switch would not fit the NV4500 so Smith's said "they ordered an NV4500 switch and it was plug and play". And finally yes the drive shafts are stock and I've had no issues with them.
Only issue I had to resolve after the swap was the Y pipe hit the trans so I had to have it modified.
If you want any pictures or anything let me know I just pulled the bed off and washed it up.
