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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 06:05 PM
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At WOT the tranny should down shift right? well what if its not? its a new tranny and it does shift. what could make this happen? line presure, converter lock up, PCM, or shift points? would tuning help?



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PCM controls all upshifts and downshifts so I would say a tuning or sensor issue. Of couse it wont downshift at any speed at WOT either.
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what sensor could play a roll in it? i just installed a new MAF and that helped oput with the way it was runing big time. TPS is new.
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and could this be why the car is like in limp mode??
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ok just got off the phone with speartech and the pcm and wire harness are fine!! so what could it be?
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Do you have a stall and of so has the car been tuned for the stall,
And what trans is actually in the car? what year is the PCM being used, What year is the trans?
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Do you have a stall and of so has the car been tuned for the stall,
And what trans is actually in the car? what year is the PCM being used, What year is the trans?
no stall. 02 4l60e. PCM is out of a 5.7 2000 camaro. spear tech did the tune.
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Well its sounds like the car is in limp mode, If so there should be some codes in the PCM to tell you why.
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ya P0123 and P1365.
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Its usually in the tune....

find a local tuner to mess with it if you can
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ya i talked to pro street dyno in CT and slowhawk in MA. i waiting to hear back from slowhawk but prostreet doesnt thing a tune will fix it.
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anybody know what could put it in limp mode??
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Ok the answers are there some of them in the codes
the_" P0123 - Throttle Position (TP) Sensor Circuit High Voltage" would affect everything from line presure to shift points.
The other code is not trans related.
You need to repair the TPS circuit and then get a scanner on there and watch whats being comanded by the PCM in data gear wise.
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well i sent the wire harness back to spear tech and he could not find anything wrong with the wireing. so now im waiting for it to come back in the mail. should be here weds. i just got a new MAF. i know what the TPS is but where is the TPS circuit located?
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means all the wirng between the pcm and the tps
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o so it should be all set then. speartech said that all the wires were right on and all work right. he tested the PCM and harness on his motor at the shop. so now im waiting for it to come in and i can install it.

so if the tranny is good and the wire harness is good then what could it be?? the answer is there some where!!!!!!
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well I would start by clearing codes and drive and then recheck codes
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Mine used to downshift to second at WOT at 50-60 mph but now I put a stall converter in it and it wont at 50-60. It will still downshift to first at around 25 though.
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Turn the key on, mat the pedal with a voltmeter
on the TPS output (to ground) and read it. If
you are over 4.75V it will set the code and some
trans functions will act funny.
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ill guess i will find out when the wireharness comes in.
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