[V8] transmission whoes part Duex

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Your thinking is correct.  Certainly a moisture issue here.  Here's what I
would do:

Find as dry a place as possible, open all windows/doors and put a big
airflow fan either into the passenger compartment or pointing at it so that
airflow goes through car, thereby forcing the excess mositure out.  Is the
caroeting soaked, btw?

Try the same on the underside of the car.  It's quite possible that you got
moisture/water ingress into the solenoid switch connectors and that they are
not functioning properly.

Until you've gotten rid of excess moisture, your codes may not give you the
true story -- moisture will mess up/mask the true problem.

BTW, relay under the driver's speaker -- only things there are the two
ECU's, I believe - one for engine and the one underneath that -- for the
tranny (though there may be a relay for the turn signal/hazzard lights). I
believe all the other relays are under thefront passenger carpet -- which
would also be a good thing to remove so that things can dry up.

Best,

Ingo
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <J123fs at aol.com>
To: <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: [V8] transmission whoes part Duex


> Hey all,
> My 91's transmission is in limp home mode.
> Here is the timeline:
> April this year full rebuild on transmission to the tune of 4500  bucks.
> Car has run and shifted flawlessly since.
> Last Friday (week ago) car was parked (running and shifting  perfect).
> This Friday car goes into limp home mode.
> Two things- car was parked, and driveway flooded, so a good 2-3 inches of
> water where under car for at least 24 hours, and wife left pass window
down a
> crack through 5 days of pretty much non-stop rain, so interior though not
> soaked  is pretty damp.....( I live in NH, where it appears we will never
see the
> sun  again, everything is flooded including a stream that runs through my
land,
>  and I'm thinking of building an Ark for fun)
> The display is NOT lighting all the PRND321 which is supposed to happen in
> limp home mode, instead the just the letters are lit with no highlight on
any
> gear.
> Also when starting the car, I'm getting a 5-8 second buzzing noise from
> under the drivers side speaker that sounds just like a relay clicking open
and
> closed very fast.....what do the collective minds think?
> Selector switch moisture issues?
> I'm going to blink out the fault codes later after a birthday party, and
see
> what it tells me.
> Has anyone got an idea of how to pull the connector apart (where is it?),
or
> do you access it from above in the pass compartment? Or from below? Any
BTDT
> would be very appreciated!!!
> Thanks in advance,
> Jack
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