Thanks! this and Jim's tip about the kickdown switch are great starting
places.
Anybody else got trans troubleshooting ideas? When/how do you pronounce
the sucker dead?
At 05:32 PM 2/5/2006, you wrote:
no, there are many things that could cause that. First of which would
be the control
Loren Faeth wrote:
The 88 TE I bought in VA should arrive in the next few days. It was sold
with a non-working trans, but was supposed to be able to move enough to
drive on a transport. When the transport got there, the car didn't
start. I don't know other symptoms yet. Since I am new to
Start with a Mobile 1 ATF fluid/filter change. That cured my CD which had
a slipping trans until the speed was above 15-20mph. I'm a believer.
Luther
On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 19:30:20 -0600, Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Loren Faeth wrote:
The 88 TE I bought in VA should arrive in
No, the symptom of a bad b2 piston is you shift into drive and it never
goes into gear. If you have the shift into gear and it takes 3 sec
then the tranny is probably just worn out.
Loren Faeth wrote:
The 88 TE I bought in VA should arrive in the next few days. It was sold
with a
My experience with only a B2 failure should be able to drive in reverse, not
forward.
Dennis T
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] B2
ok, well the updated B2 is supposed to have a groove so that the
shift/response time is shorter.
At 10:14 AM 2/5/2006, you wrote:
No, the symptom of a bad b2 piston is you shift into drive and it never
goes into gear. If you have the shift into gear and it takes 3 sec
then the tranny is
So if the car moves forward and reverse, but doesn't shift into highway
gear the trans is toast?
At 12:09 PM 2/5/2006, you wrote:
My experience with only a B2 failure should be able to drive in reverse, not
forward.
Dennis T
no, there are many things that could cause that. First of which would
be the control pressure cable which connects to the throttle linkage.
Loren Faeth wrote:
So if the car moves forward and reverse, but doesn't shift into highway
gear the trans is toast?
At 12:09 PM 2/5/2006, you wrote:
