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I was directed here by someone on a diff message board, Hope i'm not out of place or anything...
My mom has a 1989 Dodge Caravan SE (3.0/V6 Auto), We have had the car for awhile now. Since about 95? or 98... Somewhere in there i was still pretty young~heh.
Anyway,
Just recently my dad was driving the Van due to his car being worked on, And he went to turn into a parking lot and says he heard a "grinding clunking" noise and lost the (D)rive gear...
He managed to roll the van into a parking spot, Played around a bit with it and noticed he had no (R)everse as well.
He also noticed he was bleeding tranny fluids pretty heavily, So he went into the store and grabbed some fluid to put in it, Put it in (1)or(2) and drove it a block home bleeding fluids.
It now sits in the driveway in front of our house (Face forward... Great, No Reverse? have to work on it where it lies, or try and tow it out far enough into the street to go forward.
Mom pretty much accepts it as a Goner, Dad thinks it can be fixed but if it needs to go hes fine with it... I feel it can be fixed as well, just needs some time and work (which i have and can do if i have guidance).
The van is pretty fine mechanically and in straight shape (no accidents), already done a bunch of repairs to various things (dad did most of these).
Heres a more recent pic when i was changing out the drum brakes in the rear:
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I'm really hoping i can save/fix it even if it wont last much longer, It's a bad time for it to go down, my T-Bird is under construction leaving dads volvo our only useable vehicle right now.
I'm really hoping i can fix her, I have plenty of time (However the weather isnt being so helpful), And i'm willing to put in the work if i'm able.
I know it costs over $1000 at a repair shop, so thats out of the question...
Just need to know what im working with here before i dive in...
I'm not exactly sure what transmission it has, i believe its a 3-speed (auto).
The only things i've done so far are tighten all the bolts to the trans oil pan (where it was bleeding) and that helped alot, Needs a new gasket for sure.
The started her up with no problems and tried column shifitng into (R)everse, there was no reaction whatsoever... I stepped on the gas and it kind of juggled the car and revved up, But only drippped fluids and made smoke out of the exhaust.
I then shifted over to (D)rive where it made the chasis jerk and a clunk (as if it went into gear hard), i revved and got a jerk followed by high revving and exhaust smoke/dripping.
I then noticed when i switched back over to (Reverse) it did the jerking clunk followed by a slight grinding and then just continued to make this kind of rotational rashing ticking noise~I didnt bother to rev it and shut her off.
What am i looking at here?
The (N), (1), (2) gears all seem to work fine...
Any help, Advice, Suggestion, Guidance, Etc, Appreciated. Thanks!!!
I was directed here by someone on a diff message board, Hope i'm not out of place or anything...
My mom has a 1989 Dodge Caravan SE (3.0/V6 Auto), We have had the car for awhile now. Since about 95? or 98... Somewhere in there i was still pretty young~heh.
Anyway,
Just recently my dad was driving the Van due to his car being worked on, And he went to turn into a parking lot and says he heard a "grinding clunking" noise and lost the (D)rive gear...
He managed to roll the van into a parking spot, Played around a bit with it and noticed he had no (R)everse as well.
He also noticed he was bleeding tranny fluids pretty heavily, So he went into the store and grabbed some fluid to put in it, Put it in (1)or(2) and drove it a block home bleeding fluids.
It now sits in the driveway in front of our house (Face forward... Great, No Reverse? have to work on it where it lies, or try and tow it out far enough into the street to go forward.
Mom pretty much accepts it as a Goner, Dad thinks it can be fixed but if it needs to go hes fine with it... I feel it can be fixed as well, just needs some time and work (which i have and can do if i have guidance).
The van is pretty fine mechanically and in straight shape (no accidents), already done a bunch of repairs to various things (dad did most of these).
Heres a more recent pic when i was changing out the drum brakes in the rear:
I'm really hoping i can save/fix it even if it wont last much longer, It's a bad time for it to go down, my T-Bird is under construction leaving dads volvo our only useable vehicle right now.
I'm really hoping i can fix her, I have plenty of time (However the weather isnt being so helpful), And i'm willing to put in the work if i'm able.
I know it costs over $1000 at a repair shop, so thats out of the question...
Just need to know what im working with here before i dive in...
I'm not exactly sure what transmission it has, i believe its a 3-speed (auto).
The only things i've done so far are tighten all the bolts to the trans oil pan (where it was bleeding) and that helped alot, Needs a new gasket for sure.
The started her up with no problems and tried column shifitng into (R)everse, there was no reaction whatsoever... I stepped on the gas and it kind of juggled the car and revved up, But only drippped fluids and made smoke out of the exhaust.
I then shifted over to (D)rive where it made the chasis jerk and a clunk (as if it went into gear hard), i revved and got a jerk followed by high revving and exhaust smoke/dripping.
I then noticed when i switched back over to (Reverse) it did the jerking clunk followed by a slight grinding and then just continued to make this kind of rotational rashing ticking noise~I didnt bother to rev it and shut her off.
What am i looking at here?
The (N), (1), (2) gears all seem to work fine...
Any help, Advice, Suggestion, Guidance, Etc, Appreciated. Thanks!!!
