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Paul
09-04-2018, 02:48 PM
My '03 has a slight A/T fluid leak/seep from the bell housing and has developed a whine when under acceleration that goes away under light throttle and coasting. I understand that means the front pump. Otherwise runs and drives fine with no issues.

Can anyone recommend a rebuilder in Central Florida? How about buying a rebuilt one online - any recommendations? And any opinions on those available from Monster Transmissions?

Also, how hard is it to replace a front pump yourself? I've never worked on a transmission before, but it looks like the pump is the first thing in line after the torque converter - easy to do or disaster waiting to happen?

Car has 154k miles on it. Also, how long are PI 3,000 stall torque converters good for? The car still has the one on it when I bought it in 2007 at 69k. I have no issues, but that's about 85k+ miles even though I've never raced it.

Thank you in advance.
blazen71
09-04-2018, 05:04 PM
PM "88grandmarq". He seems to be the transmission go to guy.
Gerry24
09-04-2018, 06:19 PM
PM "88grandmarq". He seems to be the transmission go to guy.

What ^^^^said
RF Overlord
09-05-2018, 07:26 AM
what they said ^^^
Zack
09-05-2018, 09:20 AM
88grandmarq moved to indiana
blazen71
09-05-2018, 09:50 AM
88grandmarq moved to indiana

Even better, closer to me :D
Seneca
09-05-2018, 01:00 PM
Replacing the pump is pretty easy, I'd be concerned why it started whining tho, I'm not a trans tech so I have no advice on the whining, it is easy to replace the pump tho, it helps having a slide hammer, there are other ways of pulling it tho, good luck
Paul
09-06-2018, 06:37 AM
Thanks guys. I replaced the filter yesterday and the whine has stopped (at least temporarily). I think I may have bought myself some more drive time before rebuild, fingers crossed.

By the way, I found a site (https://monster-transmission.pissedconsumer.co m/review.html) dedicated to people complaining about Monster Transmission in Brooksville, FL. So I will NOT get one from them. One of the complaints said they have an F from the BBB - I tried to confirm, but for the last couple of days the BBB site says "the info on this company is being updated, no report is available at this time".