Auto tranny problem

[ituma at ix.netcom.com]

Doug,

Try to break it down a little more ... there seems to be more that just
a transmission problem going on here.

-Is there noise or shudder from the transmission under load?
-What do the fluids look like?
-Is there any gear lube left in the differential side  (the 097 has  two
fluids ... on for tranny and one for differential side)
     -sometimes the seal breaks and the gear oil gets into the tranny
side, or the gear oil actually evaporates out of the bleeder valve on
the top of the diff.
-Is your throttle possition switch operating correctly (this would cause
the engine revs to stay high after to take your foot off the gas and
make it feel like you got your feet on both pedals).

No matter what, you probably do have a bad tranny ... they didn't hold
up well if they weren't taken care of. This is true of most slush-boxes
except for the new ones ('92 and up are "sealed for life" and do last
well into the 200K miles). The only auto that I've ever seen work 100%
was on my friends '85 turbo, and it was rebuilt at the time for $2700.

Hope that helps some ... until you resolve it, be gentle on it.

Hans