The worst thing that can happen to you and your car
Nov 17, 2005 | 05:06 PM
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From: Longmont, CO
Nov 17, 2005 | 06:48 PM
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From: Summit County Colorado
Originally Posted by mt_goat
Sounds like you dumped about 12 quarts of ATF out all over the street. How long did you run the engine with no ATF in the tranny?
Nov 17, 2005 | 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by cccp
does the fluid make the tranny work or what?
I actually completely forgot about that fact before my previous post. All you have to hope for is that the fluid for the TQ ran out before your actuall transmission got too dry to overheat.
If it overheated, it's probably in trouble (big metal shavings in filter). If the TQ just ran out of liquid (which wouldn't let me transmission spin) then you might be lucky. Fix the trans cooler, new liquid and you are ready to go.
Nov 17, 2005 | 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by cccp
about 5 -7 miles
Last edited by mt_goat; Nov 17, 2005 at 06:58 PM.
Nov 17, 2005 | 08:07 PM
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I feel your pain. My girlfriend rolled over my 4runner and I just bought a new roof cut off from a junkyard from the East Coast. Winter is coming and I have to resort to driving my other truck my 95 Trooper. The tropper eats oil and drips more oil then a McD's fry. You could fix it as long as the frame is not crazy twisted. About you not moving in any gears, like what someone suggested all your fluid probably leak out from the radiator being crack. Best of luck guy.
Nov 18, 2005 | 05:06 PM
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guys good news. i put 4 quarts of atf in my tranny and my tranny is finally running again. the only things now are i have to get my new tranny cooler and i am also changing out my tranny filter. after that i need to do all that body work and my car will be running again.
Dec 5, 2005 | 10:21 AM
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well good news everyone. I got a new bumper and some other parts for my truck and i think tomorrow it will be up and running. the only dents i could not fix were the hood but i at least drive my car so that really good. I also had to replase my tranny cooler and my fog light. Ill post more stuff later.
Dec 5, 2005 | 07:11 PM
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sry no pics of nothing i was so happy to get it done that i dint take any pics. Tomorrow will be my first day driving it. Keeping my fingers crossed everything will be ok. The only dent i did not fix was the dent in the hood but the hood shuts and its kinda hard to open it but i can still open it fine. Thanks for all your help guys!!!!
Dec 6, 2005 | 05:29 PM
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Today i was driving to school and there is a turn i got to take to go into the parking lot...i did not relize that the road was so icy. i was in 2wd and my car just started sliding like no other. I did not press the gas or the break my car just started sliding and it slid right into the concrete pole. my front is trashed. my radiator is leaking like no other. I filed a report with the school and they are making me pay for the light post i hit because the light on the top fell onto my hood. I was trying to drive it home from school and i made half way before i had to put some coolent. but then i tried putting it in drive and it would not do anything...i mean it just reved and did not move, then i tried putting it in reverse same thing. so now it is standing on some rest area cause i could not drive it home.
What do you guys think i should do?..i dont really want to fix it because it will cost so much. I wanted to claim it as totaled and get money for it.
Another thing is the school is making me pay for the light but i think i am going to make it so my insurence pays for it. and doesent the school have to clean the snow because we had a lot of snow and they were not removing the snow for a week and it was really icy.
Thanks a lot but im afraid my car will not make it.
What do you guys think i should do?..i dont really want to fix it because it will cost so much. I wanted to claim it as totaled and get money for it.
Another thing is the school is making me pay for the light but i think i am going to make it so my insurence pays for it. and doesent the school have to clean the snow because we had a lot of snow and they were not removing the snow for a week and it was really icy.
Thanks a lot but im afraid my car will not make it.
Dec 6, 2005 | 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by 99SR5
how is that not the schools fault. they are suppost to de-ice and plow the parking lot. id be ˟˟˟˟˟˟ pissed oh man i would go nuts
Dec 6, 2005 | 06:15 PM
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For the record a DEATH related auto accident is the worst thing ever. This kinda stuff happens all the time. It's called an accident.
You are pretty lucky you didnt fry the trans, and you better hope the damnage will not surface down the road to soon.
You pay $130 for liability because you are a young male and prone to sliding into other peoples property. Get used to it, they will rip you off untill you are 25. Comprehinsive isn't worth it either, once you make a real claim they will raise your rate. Plus there is the whole deductible thing.
You are pretty lucky you didnt fry the trans, and you better hope the damnage will not surface down the road to soon.
You pay $130 for liability because you are a young male and prone to sliding into other peoples property. Get used to it, they will rip you off untill you are 25. Comprehinsive isn't worth it either, once you make a real claim they will raise your rate. Plus there is the whole deductible thing.
