Re: Trans failure? Need help!!

[Robert Myers <rmyers@inetone.net>]

I think so, Steve.  I've not messed with an autobox sine I bought the car
that Joe Namath won ('69 Dodge Charger with 440 cu. in.) as MVP in Super
Bowl III.  (Honest, I bought that car in 1970.)  But...  There has to be
some sort of linkage between your gear shift lever and the tranny.  I'd put
money (perhaps not a lot) on you finding one or more excessively loose
joints in the linkage somewhere.

At 10:48 AM 4/14/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Does your advice apply for my autobox?
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>On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Robert Myers wrote:
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>> Steve,
>> 
>> It sounds like there is something loose or out of adjustment in the linkage
>> between the shift lever and the tranny.  Try tightening up whatever links
>> the two.  In a manual tranny there is a 12mm (?) nut which tends to work
>> loose.
>> 
>> At 08:49 AM 4/14/98 -0400, you wrote:
>> >I had a problem with my slushbox last night. This is the problem (no, I
>> >didn't blow it with all the boost I'm running): No reverse. I have all
>> >forward ranges (shifts better than it's ever had before), but neutral is a
>> >slipping drive range, reverse is drive and reverse, so it doesn't go
>> >anywhere, park is drive, but locked; the car doesn't move. I have to start
>> >with my foot on the brake to avoid accidents . It won't move, but still. I
>> >don't know if the problem is due to the Militec I used (and had problems
>> >with). I figure from my (above average) knowledge of a/t's that a forward
>> >band solenoid isn't releasing for whatever reason. Possibly a clogged
>> >return. Not five minutes before, I drove the car from the library to my
>> >house (not two minutes away) with no trouble. Side symptoms: When starting
>> >on a cold morning, the trans doesn't shift out of first gear. It takes
>> >some finagling with the shifter to get it to shift. Once mildly warm, no
>> >trouble. I put a cleaner in last night hoping that helps, but nothing. I
>> >was thinking that the next step is to change the fluid, but I think I'll
>> >go straight to my last step which is to remove and clean the valve body.
>> >Any btdt's? I can't afford another trans rebuilt or used. I do know that
>> >the trans is good; rebuilt a year before I got the car and reverse is
>> >engaging, just drive is not disengaging. Please help! TIA!!
>> >
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>> >*Steve                                       Sachelle Babbar
>> >*'84  5ksT 1.6-2.0 bar                    <SBABBAR@IRIS.NYIT.EDU>
>> >*Cockpit adjustable wastegate, AudiSport badge
>> >*
>> >*Disclaimer:"Any information contained herein is based purely on my own
>> >*personal experience and may not necessarily reflect yours. Use caution as
>> >*your results may vary from mine."
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