[TR] Transmission whine

[Nolan]

Fwiw, I've run that transmission in a number of Toyota trucks, as have 
friends.  They're prone to whining.  One in particular whined when we got it 
with about 100k miles on it, and was still whining 350k miles later.





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anthony Cascio" <allegrorover at mac.com>
To: "email list" <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 6:25 PM
Subject: [TR] Transmission whine


> Ok Folks,
> I am in Durango, Co, with the TR3, it has the Toyota 5 speed.
> I was driving towards Mesa Verde and the tranny started to whine
> pretty loud.
> It kinda stopped shifting so I pulled over checked for leaks and
> clutch fluid, all ok.
> I was able to get going again after 10 or so minutes, drove fine,
> still whinning.
> I took it into a local shop Dan's auto repair, nice guy and added
> quite a bit of gear oil to the tranny!!! (not good)
> Car runs fine still got the whine, I'm guessing the main shaft bearing
> may have fried......(not good)
> Any thoughts????
> I guess I might be replacing the tranny in the 20' trailer that I'm
> pulling behind the RV. (that'll be fun)
> But before I do that I would appreciate any suggestions from you folks
> out there.
> By the way I drove the car back another 35 miles to the RV park, all
> went well besides the whine, worse in 1st and 5th.
> PS anyone got Herman's telephone number handy, maybe he'll have some
> ideas as well.
> Tony Cascio
> 58 TR3A
> TS27093L
> Jeanne & Tony
> allegrorover at mac.com
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