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    Offline TreeFrog

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    Shelf Life
    « on: March 10, 2010 - 04:24:17 PM »
    if a trani has been rebuilt, sits on a shelf and has not been used since....
    what is the shelf life?
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    Offline 72hemi

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    Re: Shelf Lfe
    « Reply #1 on: March 10, 2010 - 04:25:11 PM »
    Was it stored empty or full of fluid?
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    Re: Shelf Lfe
    « Reply #2 on: March 10, 2010 - 11:03:57 PM »
    Std or auto ??
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    Re: Shelf Lfe
    « Reply #3 on: March 10, 2010 - 11:20:14 PM »
    Stored on the floor?? (Moisture/water)  :dunno:

    A wet unit (tranny fluid) can last an amazingly long time depending on conditions.  :grinyes:

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    Re: Shelf Lfe
    « Reply #4 on: March 11, 2010 - 02:18:51 PM »
    727-B two feet over floor, stored empty since 1989
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    Re: Shelf Lfe
    « Reply #5 on: March 11, 2010 - 02:53:57 PM »
    I would definitely open it back up and at least look through everything.  It might be good to go, but not worth taking the chance.  Plus, you should definitely plan on replacing all the gaskets and seals.  Sitting dry for 20 years is not good for them.
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    Re: Shelf Lfe
    « Reply #6 on: March 11, 2010 - 03:41:31 PM »
    If everything was lubed good and moisture stayed out of it it should be good to go. This is what I spray on the pump,shafts,washers gears etc. whenever I am doing a transmission that I know is going to be setting for a while.

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    Re: Shelf Life
    « Reply #7 on: March 11, 2010 - 03:54:45 PM »
    sad to say I guessed 6 months at most, when I started .... twenty years this ... aprox April....
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