[AT] Re: OT-- Roadranger transmission Followup

[CBear81438 at aol.com]

I am sure that some of you wondered what was wrong with the RT613 
transmission I had in the Fire Truck that I drove from NJ to OK  in January.    The first 
3 gears would not engage, in fact the first 5 would not engage.   

Last weekend we had some great weather, and after sawing some 8 inch cedar 
timbers into a ramp so that I could get under the truck, (I am a man of 
considerable Girth) I removed the hoses that controlled the engagement ofthe lower 
range, and then removed the shifter piston housing.  I could find nothing wrong 
with it, but is was somewhat turned in the trans housing.  I applied a little 
silicone to the broken gasket and reinstalled it and paid some attention to 
alignment of the little air passage holes..   IT WORKED!!!!!!  Shifted it about 
20 times back and forth while running from the barn to the road...  CAn't say 
what happened, but it works now......

Thanks to Mister K for sending a service manual and a troubleshooting manual 
to me.....

This truck is the most manueverable and easiest driving truck on the place.  
It is going to be around here a while.  I have a 60K Tulsa Winch to install 
next....  As soon as I get rid of the fire truck bed...

Thanks to all for the suggestions and help.

Cecil in OKla