gto1973 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 recently our 02 mitsubishi galant station wagon just stoped going foward (done 300k)... like it was in neutral or park just reving no movment in any gear we were told it was either the pump or the torque converter and to remove the hoses on the gearbox and if they were squirting it was the torque converter they were squirting in the end got a second hand transmission 80k with torque converter weve put that in the car BUT STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM!!!!!!! we made sure the torque converter was rightin properly so i checked the oil hoses on this box and theres no fluid squirting out is this likely to be the problem am i missing something or is the pump fudged? any input much appreciated thanks jesse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Personal experience has taught me that when an auto box packs up, you throw it in a lake and buy a new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Yeah as much as it pains me to say ' just pull old one out and put another unit in'. ..just put anther one in . generally once one part fails even though they have filter the shit seems to go through the whole transmission and buggers everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 he says that hes put another box in and its still not working..... or did you only put the torque converter in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto1973 Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 lol yea i put a second hand 1 in and at 680 buks i dnt want it to be stuffed lol i bought a second hand transmission with a torque converter and put it in and scrapped the original trany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 ooohhh . my bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto1973 Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 lol algud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvoBilly Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 sounds like the 2nd hand one you brought is stuffed too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuel Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 often the splines strip out on the torque converter but I guess you would have checked for that before putting the box in. may be a silly question - but you did fill the transmission with fluid after putting it in? wreckers often drain them completely, some times it can take over 10L to fill up the trans and torque converter again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 what fuel said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto1973 Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 oh we put 5 liters in it and ran it and im sure it was a little over full maybe i should have another look so if thats all good then its probably the pump in the second hand one is probably stuffed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuel Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 did you check the level on the dipstick? though with even 5 liters in there the pump should still be pumping something out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto1973 Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 yea we did i went round and checked it again its got heaps in it would it matter if it was to full? i read some where that if it was to fill i would get froth on the dipstick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuel Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 yeah if over-full it will froth up and spew out of the breather. One thing to do would be to unplug the transmission ECU (or even unplugging wiring loom to transmission itself) which would put it into full limp-home/fail-safe mechanical mode. Had an earlier Galant which due to a faulty transmission ECU would not engage reverse gear or it would engage the lock up torque converter immediately in low gears stalling the engine - unplugging the ECU enabled it to select reverse or not stall the engine again. Though that wouldn't explain why the oil pump is not pumping fluid through.. I would perhaps check to make sure the torque converter is indeed engaging on the splines and that the flex plate is attached to the torque converter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto1973 Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 The torque converter is bolted to the the plate with 4 bolt this must be the Flex Plate? I'm pretty sure that it's in both splines is there an easy way to check? Thanks for the help guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuel Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 yeah flex plate is in place of the flywheel. Basically the torque converter would be on the splines if it can be pushed right in, to the point where the torque converter rubs on the inside of the bellhousing - the flex plate brings the torque converter back slightly. Was it difficult getting the transmission to get closer to the engine block when doing up the bellhousing bolts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto1973 Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 Um na was alright it wasn't tight or nething I could still turn the torque converter to line up the bolt holes a mechanic I talked to said if it wasn't in Properly I wouldnt have got the transmission bolted right up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuel Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 have you spoken to the wreckers you got the transmission off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto1973 Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 haha yea i have al he saidthe whole convo was you must have wrecked it an that i had to fix it mechanic is gona look at it tomorrow if he thinks iv dne nothing wrong ill be taking it back. i dont know how well this is gona turn out for me but i thought he was a wan### on the phone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulloc Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 if youve tried a new trans and nothing changed i would suspect the trans ecu. Also it should take about 8 litres to fill if both trans an TQ convertor were empty maybe ring a parts place for a listing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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