[V8] transmission whoes part Duex

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Of all the windows to leave down in a rainstorm, the passengers is the 
worst. Under the carpet is located all the relays fuses and fuse boxes 
for the entire car. It's quite likely that something got wet....

----- Original Message -----
From: J123fs at aol.com
Date: Saturday, October 15, 2005 9:50 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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