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Old Aug 7, 2009 | 04:33 PM
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ok i have a 1995 z28 camaro with 126k miles and and tranny built about 7k ago.... well my right transmission mount broke about 2 weeks ago, and i was babing the car till i had time to get it changed.... well today i drove from waco to houston and as soon as i got into houston i pulled away from a red light and i lost 1st gear and it was trying to take away in 3rd... i looked down at my speedo and it sits at zero.... i shifted down to 2nd and it shifted... then i went to 3rd and it shifted to 3rd then i went to OD and it stayed in 3rd.... can someone please help me out. i am now in houston and i have to work on sunday or i will lose my job.... i have no idea what went wrong... but the good news is my transmission is under warranty... if it is the tranny, then cool. but now i gotta find away to get it back to waco....\
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Old Aug 7, 2009 | 09:09 PM
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you broke the VSS sensor and threw the tranny into limp mode imo
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Old Aug 8, 2009 | 06:02 PM
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any news?
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Old Aug 12, 2009 | 10:16 PM
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yeah seems to be the wiring harness... when the tranny shifted from 1st to 2nd the tranny hit the "tunnel" of the car and inbetween the tranny and the tunnel was my wires i will see about getting it fixed...
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