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Auto trans gone? Thanksgiving mess! 200 90

posted by  someone claiming to be Gregory Wong on  Sat Nov 25 09:05 CST 2000 [RELATED]

Hi all, hope everyone had a good turkey day. Mine was good, but got off to a bad start. On Wednesday, I drove from Wash DC to Boston, and about 60 miles out, I accelerated quick, and then the transmission wouldn't go out of first. I managed to limp along the breakdown lane, and picked up a stuck person, and he helped me find a decent shop. (He lived nearby).

I looked at the 700 series faq, and it suggested a stuck kickdown cable, which the shop also mentioned as a possibility.

The wierd thing is that, it would not upshift even at very high revs, which it would do normally if I was on the kickdown. And also, there is no engine braking any more. I would get up to 40+ mph, and let off the throttle, and the engine would just rev down, and the car coasted like it was in neutral. The only thing I could think to do was check the fluid level, which seemed ok.

Anyhow, I got a rental car, and drove home. I also got lost in New Jersey, I don't know how I did that, because I've done the trip several times before. All told, a 480 mile trip turned into 620 miles, and I got home 14 hours after I started.

Is my automatic transmission f(*&ed?

Thanks!

Greg







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    Re: Auto trans gone? Thanksgiving mess! 200 90

    posted by  someone claiming to be steve on  Sun Nov 26 14:23 CST 2000 [RELATED]

    My 89 did this and it turned out that the kickdown cable came off the spool right at the throttle body. Lifted the hood, looked down and saw the cable end just sitting out there in the open. Couldn't hold the spool and cable at the same time to get them reattached, seemed like it needed an extra pair of hands so I limped to the dealer and the mechanic did it in about 2 minutes with just two hands (live and learn). Take a look at this before you lay out the bucks.

    Good luck.

    Steve







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    Re: Auto trans gone? Thanksgiving mess! 200 90

    posted by  someone claiming to be Kurt Warren on  Sat Nov 25 09:14 CST 2000 [RELATED]

    have you checked the fuse # 12 which is the back-up lamps, cruise controll and overdrive fuse?







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      Re: Auto trans gone? Thanksgiving mess! 200 90

      posted by  someone claiming to be Greg Wong, formerly Gregory Wong on  Sat Nov 25 15:31 CST 2000 [RELATED]

      Hi Kurt, thanks for the suggestion, but I don't think it's the fuse because the problem doesn't seem to involve the overdrive. And if I push the OD button, the "OD off" indicator light goes on and off. So I think that fuse is still ok.

      Greg

      And I forgot to mention before, reverse still works.






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