A4LD Whining Pretty Loud and Also Weird Whining Pattern

[kxri318]

My '86 Ranger 2wd 2.9L with the A4LD has either started whining louder recently or I just never noticed it, but it's loud enough to be concerning. I can hear it echo off other cars at a stop light, in the garage, and also just standing outside while its idling. About half the fluid is brand new, doesn't smell burnt at all and is only slightly darker than new fluid. Not low on fluid either. I put in some Lucas Automatic Transmission Fluid Conditioner because it was $10 and people said they had good results with it quieting down whine, even if the results were small. 50ish miles later and it doesn't seem to have done anything. I highly doubt the Lucas has anything to do with it, but I wanted to mention it. Anyway, my bigger concern is that after the 20ish mile drive I took, the whining has a weird intermittent pattern now. It doesn't slip, shifts through all the gears pretty good. Reverse and 1 sometimes shift a little hard but other than that, no issues shifting.

 

[BroncLander]

Power steering pump?

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Power steering pump?

Im wondering if its the pump on the trans bad or going bad

 

[tw205]

Trans pump bearings. ???? Just a guess but aren’t they all until the issue is resolved.

 

[kxri318]

Power steering pump?

100% Transmission. The power steering pump has a little whirring noise to it, but is quiet otherwise

 

[Shran]

What steps have you taken to be sure that it's the transmission making that noise and not something else?

 

[kxri318]

What steps have you taken to be sure that it's the transmission making that noise and not something else?

I can hear it better when I get closer to the transmission and you can't hear it nearly as much when in the engine bay. I went around the engine bay already and nothing in there is making noises like what noise is shown in the video. I just don't know of anything else it could be if its not coming from the engine bay and also gets louder when getting closer to the transmission. I can barely hear it over my exhaust and the wind while driving so I couldn't tell you if it changes at all at different speeds, but I can say that I hear it in all gears.