So here's the story: a few months ago I limped my built trans, no big deal was gonna have my builder refresh it in February. Figured I could limp it through winter. So one day I get stupid and put it on tune 5, run it hard through the first 3 gears and my need for speed is satisfied for the time being. So the next day it's about 5 degrees outside and I start the truck to let it warm up, it high idles for 5 minutes or whatever, then it just dies all of a sudden, right in my driveway. Pukes coolant out the overflow also. So I pop the hood and take the cap off the resy and it barfs cold coolant everywhere, like tons of psi on the system. So I put the cap back on and try to start it, and it sounds like the starter is engaging into the flywheel but won't turn it over. I assume blown hg and hydrolocked and pull all the glow plugs and it still won't turn over. I jump the starter with a wrench and same thing. So I give up. Let it sit for a few weeks. I get curious and I check the oil and trans fluid. Oil looks great. But the trans fluid is like half way up the dipstick. And I'm anal about keeping the level where it needs to b. It's like 18" up the stick. Almost like I'm making trans fluid. I am completely stumped and don't know where to go from here. I do know when it warms up I'm going to try to put my 3/4" breaker bar on the balancer bolt and see if I can turn it by hand. Any input or ideas?
