Chevy Broke Down..help!

Driving down the freeway today in my 49 chevy 216 inline 6 and all of a sudden the third gear pops out and I heard a loud noise like a bang, then some smoke appeard from under the hood. The engine was still on but it wouldnt go into any gears. I turned off the engine pulled over, and noticed there was a trail of oil across the freeway and there was oil all over the lower part of the block. I hope its just the main seal, Im not an expert though. Any advise would be appreciated.

 

sounds like the internals of the gearbox went bye bye and just sprayed ****** fluid all over the engine

 

thanks

 

that ****s hey were you in downtown claremont the other night?

 

why yes I was in claremont, have a black fleetline.

 

170 views and only 2 responses, what kinda car guys are on here

 

Ones who believe the first responce was correct and still do unless you have other information.

 

Sounds like something broke in the clutch maybe. But, Hell, i don't even know if it's a stick or automatic. If it's a stick, what's the clutch pedal feel like? Did it break a u-joint and the bang was the driveshaft landing on a X-member? We need more info. When you looked under the hood, and as you say the engine was still "on", was it still smoking? From where?

 

Need more info. is it all stock with the torque tube or is it updated with newer drive train.

 

Did you look under it? Did you tow it home where you can check it out? From your description, it won't get fixed on the side of the road. Sorry no magic pills.