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When I lived in Canada, reverse flushing was a so-so mediocre repair. Tanking the heater core (or rad core) was next best. But the best "repair" was replacing the core with new. Expensive, but it resulted in lots of heat from the heater and proper engine cooling with a new rad. Don't be cheap -...

Yup, a manual. When opened it had lots of metal pieces in the oil. No prior issues (no noise nor hard shifting), then failure "all of a sudden".

I thank you for your replies. What happened, happened. The comments suggest there was NADA (aka zilch) that could have predicted the tranny's condition/failure. Feel better with this info. :)

After a bad experience with buying a Troop Carrier and having the gearbox fall apart (no oil changes done by previous owners) I wonder if anyone has experience with oil analysis to predict maintenance issues.

Last year I bought a used late 1990s Troop Carrier in Australia. A manual with LPG and petrol/gas. Did a number of checks and had 2 mechanics check it. Then purchased it and did some light use. After about 3500 km the gearbox failed (could not get it into 2nd, then 3rd, then 4th). A specialist...

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