I am needing help i think the transmission went out in my dodge today... So all it will do is go backwards but not forwards in any of the forward gears, also the truck is an automatic. so i pulled the pan and there was some metal shavings in the filter and oil and it smelled like burnt tranny fluid. also i wanted to know if a 5sp manual out of a 1992 dodge ram 250 with a 318 would work.

 

If it's burned that bad.. might want to be shopping for someone to rebuild it, or purchasing a heavier duty one. Probably fried the steels/clutches in it and it doesn't have the fluid pressure to let you even go forward.

 

i dont get why it will go backwards though and it shifts just like it did before when i go into reverse. also i was wondering with the truck running and in drive should i be able to push the truck forwards cuz it wont budge it just rocks back and forth like its in park.

 

anyone have any ideas

 

It sounds like the forward clutch pack is gone. The reverse uses different clutches then forward so it can go one way and not the other If the torque converter was bad it wouldn't go at all. I would say it is time for a rebuild.

 

ok thanks so do u have any exploded parts diagrams to see exactly where the parts are i need to replace

 

Yes I do but I won't be able to get them scanned and sent until monday night if you can wait that long. Are you planning to rebuild it yourself? Our 92 has over 1.2 million miles on it now. We have put about 350k on it since we got it. I have rebuilt it 2 times in that 350k miles and learned a couple of tricks to make it possible without some of the special tools they say you need.

 

ya i plan on rebuilding it myself and i can wait till monday for u to scan them thanks and any tricks you know that would save me money would sure be helpful and i would be very grateful for it. thanks alot i wouldnt know what i was doing if i didnt have ur help

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ok so i took the transmission aparts today and i believe i have found the problem it stripped the gears off of a part inside the transmission and i will post a pic as i dont know wat the part is called as soon as i resize the pics so the website will accept them.

 

Planetary gears

 

here are the pics