428 cj and a cruiso need help

I ***ume you tried adding more fluid?

 

i did not add more fluid do you think that if it was a quart or two low that it would not pump correctly also car is on jack stands with the nose above the rear by about a foot. just woundering because right now i have no clue thanks again

 

If you only put 5 quarts of fluid in it, you have no where near enough .
Car has to be level to check with the dipstick.
I'll check my shop manual ,but pretty sure the cruise-o in my T-bird takes 11 quarts

 

well today i am going to lower the front of the car and raise the back up to get the fluid up to the pump instead of the the rear of the trans thanks well let know what happens

 

If you ran it for an hour low on fluid, you might have burned the pump.

 

man dont say that i dont think i am low on fluid thoe well at least i hope not well car is sitting with nose down for the night so i am going to try againg tomarrow night and see if it will work

 

The cruiso need about 11 qt. to fill. These trans can be a pain to fill.

You need to run the trans through the gears with the shifter and keep adding oil until it full. Some trans can take a couple of times till there full.

Run it through the gears put in park and check it . If it take more oil, do it again. until it full.

 

+ 1 on these taking alot of fluid. I dropped the pan and drained the converter before and I used alot of type F.

Hopefully you didnt burn the pump up. It should come through the ****** cooler line with it running.

 

ok after talking to alot of people and reading what everybody has wrote i have decided to replace pump gears but i do not know where to get them at it is a 1962 cruise o matic i know where to get c 6 parts but not sure if they will work thanks for the help o and the tri state car show and swap meet is this weekend at the williams county fairgrounds i will be looking for pump parts there

 

ok i droped the trans again today took the front pump out and it is fubar so does anyone know where i can get a new pump the gears and the shaft the housing is ok but the rest is bad and also could there be a clog that could be stoping the fluid from getting to the pump or is there a test i can do to make sure i dont burn another pump up thanks for the help

 

I think whomever said you need more than 5 qts to make it function is probably right.
I wouldn't start it up without 10 or 11 qts when you get the new pump.
Let us know.
I'll start looking for any cruis-o's laying around.

 

Ok t hanks for looking railroad I wounder since the car was at an angle. The fluid was not able to flow to the pump. Before I strted it just a thought