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100,000 mile warranty?
That would have equaled 9 transmissions on my 91 Chevy patrol car.
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That's what I thought.....
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Read the fine print on any extended warranty before you get too excited about it.
I had an extended warranty on my '95 Toyota Pick-up. I thought I was buying a Toyota warranty but when I checked later it was some sort of generic thing from (I think) GE financial.
Anyway, it was a "Gotcha". The engine developed an oval shape in the #1 cylinder and a piston slap, probably due to a head gasket/leakage problem.... which was the subject of a big recall 10 years ago on all V-6 engines.
After the dealer tore the engine down they got a call from the extended warranty carrier who refused to cover the repairs. The warranty covered all moving, lubricated parts in the drive train.
They said since the problem was in the engine block....it was not a "moving part".
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My wifes dad had a '70 Tornado. I can tell you why they don't make 'em like that anymore.
You could make two modern cars with the steel Olds put into one of those things.
And it was like a boat, the family called it the Queen Mary. It needed tugs and tenders to get it docked.
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I thought I was avoiding automatic transmission troubles when I bought my '79 Ford E-150 Van with a straight six and a 4 on the floor(no I am not pulling your leg, Ford made them).
Anyhow, they got still got me. All the syncros had to be replaced at 40,000 miles.
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I had no idea spinning tire would affect the transmission in that way. Anchorage has ice on the streets 5+ months a year, so spinning the tires is unavoidable.
Now that I think more about it, I was using Amsoil gear lube in that transmission and that may well have been the problem.
I am now recalling 4 transmissions with synchro problems that winter in my social circle. All had Amsoil lube in them. It was a bitter cold winter with several -40F
nights, so that may have factored in too.....
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OK Eric.... you got me.
Spinning wheels? Not on a dry surface. Besides the six and a stick, that van was only available with a .273 rear axle.
It would burn the clutch trying to start on hills and 1st gear topped out at 50+ mph. It was not just useless on ice but sometimes dangerous.
I eventually swapped the .273 for a .350 locker. Never saw 22 MPH again but at least I could get it rolling come winter time.
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