T5 gear noise!!

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09-17-2009, 02:40 AM

91notchbk

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T5 gear noise!!

i bought a rebuilt t5 and filled it with 3 courts of oil but i can still hear the gears...how do i kill the noise???

09-17-2009, 06:20 AM

projectresto83

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Was it rebuilt by a company or some person? Do you mean you hear the gears as in they whine or what? What oil did you use?

09-17-2009, 07:38 AM

86HOGT

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Did you put ATF in it or gear oil? It needs to have ATF in it.

09-17-2009, 10:39 AM

mjr46

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dextron III / mercon, not oil

09-17-2009, 01:51 PM

Pony 5.0

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Quarts, not courts.

09-17-2009, 02:40 PM

91notchbk

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haha

ya i was drinkin a little when i wrote this i put ATF first but i still heard the gears whine..then i filled it with gear oil and still the same i asked at autozone they told me to put valvoline gear oil so thats whats in it as of right now...i bought the trans on craigslist not from a company...u guys think it might be the trans?? if it is i got jacked i paid 750 for the conversion kit my notch was AOD before