[Greg Reimer 7376]

Good points, all of you. I'll snag the trans out, drain it and drop the pan, then see what broke. I need to check the engine as well. It got rather high for an instant when it failed, I don't think there are any bent valves, but a compression test and a leak down test wouldn't be a bad thing to do anyway. It has a pretty good engine in it and I want to be careful of that. It was kind of noisy when I was being towed back to my pit space, although it was quieter by the time we got there. I originally thought it might have been a rear end failure, but that wasn't the case. Ring and pinion looked very good, it rotated ok, so the cover went back on and new lube went in. Oil looked great also. I suspect planetaries also.