What do you folks think?
So last week, my wife is driving up the mountain, going under 50mph and she kicked it to pass someone. It downshifted properly and then she slid it down to "3" and continued on about 1/2 mile up the mountain and it started "losing power" and began to get hot. She pulled over immediately and shut the engine down.
After some cooling down (and a few phone calls), she popped the hood to find the raditor plug blow in half and laying on the manifold with part of the plug still threaded in, but a hole in it. Coolant appeared to be empty, serp was intact.
So, in a bit of a panic, I agreed to let her get it towed. The tow was about 10 miles and the guy claims to have towed "many" rovers and had it in neutral/neutral, so he says.
When I got to the garage, the truck would move in REV only, H or L. It will not move forward in any gear either H or L. I just filled the cooling system and ran all over the place here in REV, H and L. No forward action at all.
Other factors: The radiator is on it's way out, I have known. The truck does get warm in the summertime, going up hill with the AC on, but it doesn't overheat, AFAIK.
The AT and tcase fluid were changed a few months ago, but the AT fluid is not the typical red but it's not brown either. It smells okay, but not like what I would expect "newish" fluid to smell.
So, without tearing into it any further, I think the AT is dead.
But, the question is, can the B/W function in REV but now FWD? Seems like the tcase is okay.
So last week, my wife is driving up the mountain, going under 50mph and she kicked it to pass someone. It downshifted properly and then she slid it down to "3" and continued on about 1/2 mile up the mountain and it started "losing power" and began to get hot. She pulled over immediately and shut the engine down.
After some cooling down (and a few phone calls), she popped the hood to find the raditor plug blow in half and laying on the manifold with part of the plug still threaded in, but a hole in it. Coolant appeared to be empty, serp was intact.
So, in a bit of a panic, I agreed to let her get it towed. The tow was about 10 miles and the guy claims to have towed "many" rovers and had it in neutral/neutral, so he says.
When I got to the garage, the truck would move in REV only, H or L. It will not move forward in any gear either H or L. I just filled the cooling system and ran all over the place here in REV, H and L. No forward action at all.
Other factors: The radiator is on it's way out, I have known. The truck does get warm in the summertime, going up hill with the AC on, but it doesn't overheat, AFAIK.
The AT and tcase fluid were changed a few months ago, but the AT fluid is not the typical red but it's not brown either. It smells okay, but not like what I would expect "newish" fluid to smell.
So, without tearing into it any further, I think the AT is dead.
But, the question is, can the B/W function in REV but now FWD? Seems like the tcase is okay.
