Bill, if the trans won't shift out of 1st even when you back off the gas, I would bet on the governor. Has the trans sat for awhile? The governor valve may be stuck. Rich
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Willis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 1:23 PM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-List] transmission help? > The transmission is a 72, I checked and all lines are > connected and fluid is full and clean. I'll try these > suggestions next. Thanks everyone for your help!! > > -Bill > --- Richard Milkiewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Bill, a few things can cause this to happen. > > 1, The governor valve may be stuck. > > 2, The governor "driven" gear may be worn. > > 3, The 1 - 2 shift valve train might be stuck. > > 4, Damaged intermediate roller clutch. > > 5, Damaged intermediate clutch. > > The governor is on the left rear of your trans. It > > will have a bail wire > > holding it in place. Remove this wire and pull the > > cover off. Try not to > > damage the gasket. If you do, you'll have to buy a > > new one.(probably > > would'nt hurt anyway) Pull the governor out and > > inspect it for worn or > > missing teeth on the gear. Check the counter weights > > to make sure they are > > not binding and they flop around easy. While you > > have it out, check the case > > for scoring or porosity where the governor came out. > > If you have this, it > > will allow a cross leak that will not build > > pressure. > > I don't think it is the modulator. (But you never > > know) A bad mod. will give > > you rough shifts, it may cause the trans to slip > > through one or all the gear > > ranges. Also befor you do any of this, be sure your > > trans fluid level it > > normal. Also, you didn't say what year the trans > > was. This would help pin > > the problem down without driving it. Engineering > > changes were done all the > > time during production. Hope this kind of helps you > > track the problem. Let > > me know. I may have to dust off my repair manual to > > look for more causes. > > Rich. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bill Willis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 5:45 PM > > Subject: [Chevelle-List] transmission help? > > > > > > > Anyone know what could keep a TH350 from shifting > > out > > > of 1st? Reverse and 1st work fine, but when it > > should > > > shift to 2nd, it just stays in 1st. Any > > suggestions on > > > what could be the cause are appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Bill > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and > > more > > > http://games.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > To Unsubscribe please visit > > www.chevelles.net/list.html > > > To start a new topic, send mail to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > To Unsubscribe please visit > > www.chevelles.net/list.html > > To start a new topic, send mail to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness > http://health.yahoo.com > > ----------------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
