Re: Which is the drive wheel?

Posted by Charles On 2010/8/5 22:06:14

I had some rare time to take a look at the car today. Front tires are rotted so bad, they only hold air for 3 minutes. I dug a little under the drivers side rear frame rail and got a floor jack under it. Raised the car some and got another floor jack under the differential. I was able to raise the car some more, but only enough to get the drivers rear tire off the ground slightly. Finally got the car started again and tried to get it in gear but no luck. After playing with the gear selector, reverse worked and the rear tire moved while the car idled (fast idle too). I used to be able to hear the car get into H by hearing the idle lower, but this time, no luck. I played around with the selector and left it in H and L but it wouldn't engage. I hope I didn't ruin anything when I was revving it up trying to get it to move. I'm happy I got reverse once at least. I also noticed some empty trans fluid bottles in the car. It says it is Dexron III/Mercon. Good for applications requiring Dexron III, II, Dexron and Mercon. Is this the right fluid and if not, would it keep the car from going in gear?