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About twenty miles east of San Antonio...no one called in that we have grand children out in the heat...but a good Samaritan called 911 about our 2 dogs in a cage...said they might be over heating...they were hot but in the shade with cool water to drink and cool down with...still going to make it to Garner State Park...but am wondering how much on the tranny fix...was blowing and going pulling my RV in overdrive saving on fuel but is going to cost me lots...blew a hose or the front seal on my transmission...right now waiting on brotherinlaw to drop off his RV and come back to pick us up as well as our RV...making the best of our vacation...going to be alright...

Of course not reuben, to many folks worried bout the small fries to worry bout whats important. If u woulda been closer to houston, id be on the road to help ya. Hope it all goes good for yaw. Yaw be safe n have a good vacation.

Thank you Charles...nlaw be here in one hour...just wondering what the cost of the fix will be??? Will post that later...

Dang man,well say a prayer for cloud cover and a good wind.iam in north louisiana if i was closer i would be to help.hope you gwt were u going soon.sorry man

   dang the luck !!   well I wont tell you what my very last in my lifetime automatic transmission repair quote was , I don't want to ruin your vacation ..  that's why it is all ways gonna be manual shifters from then on   lol .  have a safe one  .

Thanks...I appreciate the prayers and thoughts...I am going to gamble and see about only replacing the seals and the fluid and then adding a quart of lucas...it was shifting fine when I pulled over...but the fluid was smoking hot...will get advice from mechanic back home first before making that call...

I hope you get to enjoy the rest of your vacation. This is the first year we didn't go to Garner for a week. We always get a cabin outside of the park, but spend a lot of time there. When I retire I would love to move to Gods Country.

About to roll out after 6 hrs under a mesquite tree

Good luck Mr. Reuben let us know how Garner is I had planned on going this summer till the old lady went and got pregnant

Good luck with your truck.
Let me know how your trip goes.. I will be there next Thursday !!

good grief i hope everything works out for you and that yall make it to the park, take care and have fun

Made it to camp by 8:30 pm...camp is set up...JP texted me and offered to pull my trailer...its great to have friends that are willing to help out...thanks to all...that 2012 dodge duelly made pulling my RV look easy...was running 1500 rpns at 70 mph... my 99 f350 was at 2200 rpms at 70 mph...I can't say anything bad on this dodge...even the interior has been beefed up...

Glad you made it hope all goes well from here!!!!

ahahahaha, crazy how that happens.. ;D ;D ;D

Mr. Reuben, we wish ya'll the best, hope its nothing to serious!

Thanks Justin...there is hope...I was telling my brother that all was fine oil pressure and temperature was fine and the tranny was smoking hot like it was starving for coolant...like engineering screwed up...my brother calls this morning and tells me he thinks the fluid got hot and boiled over...I googled it and it went straight to my year model truck and it said the same thing...I told mechanic to drain torque converter and replace filter and fluid and add a quart of Lucas...mechanic agrees...hope that is the problem...the fix according to what I read is to add a transmission cooler...

Good deal Mr. Reuben, hope thats all thats wrong......maybe you will get lucky with an easy fix! Enjoy the vacation if ya'll are still there!

U mean a 3500 did not come factory with trans cooler. All trucks that are going to be pulling a load need a trans cooler. My half ton trucks have them.

X2   Reuben , tell the mechanic to add a transmission oll cooler.

Mine is the 1999 f350...b in law has the 2012 3500...

Good idea on the cooler...calling mechanic now...

Rueben, that oughta b a key indication to get rid of that blue oval chikn egg and getcha a goat or take ur ford and throw a cummins n a supporting xmsn behind it n be done.   ;D

Man sorry for your bad luck hope all goes well enjoy your vacation

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Charles...I'm a ford man from way back...but riding in that 2012 3500 Duelly pulling my camper at 70 mph and only 1500 rpms about made me want get me a goat...

Good news...tranny is fine...the filter melted cause the tranny got real hot trying to keep up with the young goat... :D I will be out $316.00 and my son and his fiance will bring it to the camp site on their way here...chit happens but moving forward...just thankful it all worked out...

Just traded my eleven goat for a thirteen Ford and I will tell you first hand that goat won't pull or get anywhere near the mileage of this new Ford. Never ever thought I would own one but so far I love it. I am a Dodge man but this last one really put a bad taste in my mouth. Hope your repair works for you, I think transmissions these days have gold in them somewhere.

Garner state park is lots of fun, been few years for me but enjoyed my time there.  the freio river is clean and cool.

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Rueben, I have a 99 Powerstroke and bout 6 or 8 yrs ago it started leakin tranny fluid when I pulled a heavy load on a hot day. I took it in to get the tranny seal changed and found it had a cracked weld around the torque converter hub. Had to put a new one in. Good luck with it.

Thanks...right now the fix was 316 dollars...but will find out when I get back on I10 on the way back home...I googled transmission boil over and got lots of info on the 99 powerstroke...not enough tranny cooling for heavy loads...as long as I stay below 65 mph my 99 is ok with the heavy loads...