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  1. Mullaney

    Newbie needs some transmission repair advice, please

    Wow! Happy to hear that you discovered the problem - and it was an easy fix... All the new sounds in a new machine are difficult to diagnose all at once. On the bright side - next time it happens - you will know where to look right away :)
  2. Mullaney

    Newbie needs some transmission repair advice, please

    Hi Eracer46, I kinda agree with @gringeltaube about the syncros. Your transmission definitely looks good in the pictures except the odd color brass. The oil captures you did don't appear to indicate anything bad that I could see. As I was reading and looking at the nice pretty bright brass...
  3. Mullaney

    Newbie needs some transmission repair advice, please

    Eracer46, I agree with @m715mike about the gear oil. The 80w90 has a "sulpher smell" especially when it is warm. Company that I worked for in the 1980's had hundreds of Deuces and almost two hundred 5 Tons. All with gearboxes and clutches - before the Allison automatic was the thing to...
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