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TH425 R.I.P. [message #121844] Thu, 14 April 2011 19:49 Go to previous message
Luvn737s is currently offline  Luvn737s   United States
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Well, I guess it's time say a few words in memorium of my transmission.

Summary: I had a problem with not going into gear on cold starts and thought it was a disconnected filter. It wasn't, but I replaced the filter. Replaced 2/3 of the fluid with new mixed with reclaimed old.

I have filled it up and it now works worse than ever. After 10 minutes of running it might go into Drive only to slip out of gear. Reverse is no better, really. Stepping on the brake in drive causes it to slip out of gear and you wait for it to re engage. It generally takes longer to slip back into drive than reverse, but that's not a hard and fast law either.

I can't justify throwing $2000+ into a transmission for it, but I sure wish I knew why it crapped out after working so well for so long.

Is there anything I might have missed in the diagnosis?


Randy
1973 26' Painted Desert
Ahwatukee (Phoenix) AZ
 
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