Kyle E. Grathwol

Does anyone have experience/opinion on using the red Texaco long life coolant in the 6.0? I have used it in the 7.3 for years without any problems, in fact, my water pump failures went down. Thanks for your time.

I have used the Pro-link scanner on my Cat truck engines several years ago. It will not work on industrial engines (off road/heavy equipment). I had to buy ET. I only use the pro-link for my Allison's now so I am way out of touch with them but I think they have diagnostics that are pc based. I could go off on a legitimate hour long rant on Cat and ET but it wouldn't do either of us any good. ET is still a very sore subject with me. You can get your own key for a mere $600.00 and only $300 every year after that to keep it current. What a deal! Then after you use it you will discover that it would be a $30.00 program if you could buy it at Staples.

Worn pump gears allow oil to by-pass the pump and fill the converter housing not letting oil out of the back side of the TCC. This also causes a drop in pressure. If you give me your fax no. I can fax you info on it.

If it is only reverse you may want to look for distortion in the valve body area. Where the center support bolts go through the case. Put a straight edge across that area before you loosen the bolts. There are aftermarket spacers to put in between the case and CS along with thicker VB gaskets. There is also a jig available to push the case back into specs. I had the same problem and when I overhauled the trans, that's all I could find. The spacers solved the problem. Worn pump and gears will do the same thing but in drive and reverse. Good Luck.

I highly recommend the AutoEnginuity that Bruce mentioned.