Any transmission smart guys here?

[vossman]

Nice. Great movie.

[JMBD2112]

Sounds like your line pressures are commanded up probably due to high slip speeds, your filter was clogged / really dirty and installing a new filter allowed more line pressure. If that's the case you're looking at overhaul /SRTA. What did the fluid look like? Real dirty and burnt?

[Mtn.man]

[vossman]

Sounds like your line pressures are commanded up probably due to high slip speeds, your filter was clogged / really dirty and installing a new filter allowed more line pressure. If that's the case you're looking at overhaul /SRTA. What did the fluid look like? Real dirty and burnt?

It was pretty dirty, barely could see it was red. No big metal shavings, the magnet was clean. It ran OK yesterday on a 20 mile drive. Trying to get the level right, I drove it and then would add a bit of fluid. It started running really bad after I added about 12oz of fluid trying to get it into the OK zone on the stick. Crap shifts everytime, felt like the car was hit from behind each time it shifted.
I took those 12 ounces out this AM and it runs better now, like it did beofre I added the extra fluid. The level looks low though. There's fluid all over the stick while its idling. When its off the level is in the OK zone. Its driveable now but certainly not to be trusted.

[CHA-LEE]

You have a $1000 car with at least a $2500 tranny issue. The only cost effective "Fix" I can think of is a gallon of gas and a match. At least that way you would be entertained by its death by inferno.

Its time to walk away from that money pit and get a different set of wheels.

[jerrymrc]

Does it do it cold and hot or only hot? Not going to look too deep but if fine when cold and then goes to crap one of the solenoids has taken a crap or a bad valve body. Some of that era have 3-4 of them. The good thing is they are cheap, the bad is they can be a MF'r to get to.

[vossman]

It did it bad yesterday when it was hot, today it was fine. I drove 30 miles after i took out the fluid so I let it get hot. On the test drive today upshifts were fine, downshifts still pretty bad.
I will take it to the trans place this week and then figure out how to get the most out of it. Thanks for the info gents.

[vossman]

Its time to walk away from that money pit and get a different set of wheels.

Any chance you wanna trade it for some shooting lessons?

[Great-Kazoo]

You have a $1000 car with at least a $2500 tranny issue. The only cost effective "Fix" I can think of is a gallon of gas and a match. At least that way you would be entertained by its death by inferno.

Its time to walk away from that money pit and get a different set of wheels.

Ah the old, Jewish Lightning clause.