boola1341

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I just installed a tranny cooler, aluminum pan and changed the fluid and filter. Took the car for a test drive and it shifted fine for the first mile. So I turn around to go back home and noticed my rpm's were way up and I wasn't going over 50 mph. So I pulled over and checked for leaks and found nothing. Started driving again and samething, no overdrive. All the other gears work fine. I used castrol domestic atf. It meets dexron 3 requirements. I've checked the fluid level and that's where its suppose to be. I guess it's time for a new trans. Any thoughts?

boola1341

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Should I try a different ATF??

BLOWN SS/T

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Make sure the fluid level is right, better to have more than less. Did you unhook any electricals while changing the filter?

boola1341

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Didn't unhook anything electical. Just pulled the filter out and put new one in. The tranny has 92k on it. Also overdrive slipped a little goin into gear before the fluid and filter change.

TXZ28LS1

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dont know what to tell ya? with 92k i would think that it was time for a rebuild especially if u said it was already starting to slip a bit.

performabuilt

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Yes it sounds like you are ready for a trans, Sometime a service on and already failing trans can actually make things worse, I have seen it , If we can be of any help please give us a call

GT Griller

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No SES light?....IT happened to me where i changed the filter and when i put the new one in i accidently smashed one of the wires running to the solenoids and cause my car to go into limp mode.

boola1341

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No ses light on.

boola1341

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I can put it in OD and it would shift through the gears as usually until it's time to go into OD. Nothing happens then. So I let off the gas while it's still in OD and the rpm's would drop as if it shifted. Once i hit the gas again the rpm's would jump up and say up and the speed would be slow. I was doing 50 mph and the rpm was at a little over 3k.

boola1341

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will it hurt the tranny to keep driving it till I get a new one?? What about adding some friction adder to the tranny??

GT Griller

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So its staying in 3rd or is it making it to 4th but just not locking up in 4th?

crainholio

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Drop the pan, carefully remove the filter and inspect the rubber seal around the filter's pickup tube where it inserts into the transmission. Chances are you'll find the seal either missing or damaged.

boola1341

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It goes into 4th but not locking up......just slipping out. When I pulled the old filter off I didn't see no rubber seal around the filter's pickup tube.

crainholio

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Check the trans case where the filter pickup tube inserts, see if the seal is stuck in there.

boola1341

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I think it was stuck in there when i changed the fluid....so I left in there and didn't use the new one that came with the filter. Should the seal easily come out when i pull the filter out? If not then what.....get some tweezers and pull it out?? Also does the tranny have to be removed to get it rebuilt?? Sorry for all the questions.

crainholio

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Some can be a real pain to get out, others just ease out. I'd definitely replace it and re-test before opting for a rebuild.

Second question, yes the trans has to be removed for a rebuild.

GT Griller

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If its just not locking up, i REALLY think that u may have accidently damage the wires running to the TCC solenoid, but that should throw a code.