TC not locking up?
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TC not locking up?
Took pearl out this evening! yay! finally got her out on the road. Here'* the problem. She seemed a little sluggish, and my mom said the same thing. It seems as though the TC isn't locking up, because to get anywhere you have to give her quite a bit of gas. I thought it'd set a code, but it didn't.. so this may not be the case.. but why would she seem so slow? She hasn't been on the road in over 2 months, and the ECM fuse is pulled out nightly so it doesn't adapt to what ever moving around in the driveway she gets. The tranny shifts hard when cold, but that'* normal for her, other than that she'* running great.
If it is the TC not locking up, is there anything I can do to stop it? or is replacing it enevitable?
-justin
If it is the TC not locking up, is there anything I can do to stop it? or is replacing it enevitable?
-justin
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no idea. but I think my TC'* acting up too, at about 60-70km/h (about 40mph), it'* sometimes stubborn to go into OD, and the car will shudder. Downshifts are getting a bit rougher too (I specifically noticed a rather hairy 3-2 downshift), I think. Are you getting any of this?
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I found that replacing my tranny fluid with AAMCO synthetic and half a bottle of Lucas Transmission Additive cured my problems. I had harsh shifting problems up and especially down. I hooked a hose up to the tranny out line at the tranny cooler in the radiator. I drained the fluid and replaced the filter. Then refillled with new fluid. I started the car and let it pump out fluid into a bucket while I added new fluid through the dipstick. Ran a few quarts through it until it ran good red color. then just added fluid to bring up to mark on dipstick. Runs good now. Effects were immediate, but took a week of driving to get it shifting smoothly again. This was done at 120k and now has 135k. So far, so good.
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repin: yes I am experiencing similar problems, but really my biggest thing is that it takes a whole lot of RPM to get her going.. Like on Friday I put my foot to the floor and I couldn't even get her to chirp the tires... smoosh and I were chatting last night, and he suggested tightening the kickdown line, which I will be doing this afternoon, hopefully that'll be a good adjustment. Since pearl doesn't get a whole lot of driving on her, I wasn't too concerned about changing the tranny fluid until after the winter time, but if this keeps acting up, I think i'll put in some cheapo fluid till she is regularly driven and after winter is over.
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chirping the tires in an 87-91 Bonneville isn't something they're good at... in the dry, at least. Non-SSE guys might be able to do it, considering I'm running 215'*... and my neighbour'* '87 has what, 185'*?
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Yeah, true. But, she used to do it not even 2 years ago, and she has only gotton about 3-5k more miles since then. She'* going out this afternoon, as soon as my mom wakes up.. Hopefully she'll be in a little better mood.
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Ya, every now and then I can get the tires to chirp, but its usually on a slightly dusty road where there is a little bit less traction. Otherwise, I just get acceleration without the chirp.
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Took 'er out. TC slipped badly, but only at low rpm, as she got into the 3500-4500 range she started to really pull. I am waiting to adjust the kickdown cable.. but now I am going to do it, see if it changes something.
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Originally Posted by repinS
no idea. but I think my TC'* acting up too, at about 60-70km/h (about 40mph), it'* sometimes stubborn to go into OD, and the car will shudder. Downshifts are getting a bit rougher too (I specifically noticed a rather hairy 3-2 downshift), I think. Are you getting any of this?
Edit: My 1990 LE will bark the tires pretty easy. Just put your foot down .
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aiight guys.. good news. Fixed her right on up. Here'* what I did. There was a connector near the throttle.. well i disconnected it and reconnected it. Then made the kickdown cable to be 60% [only takes 60% throttle for the tranny to think its at WOT]. Then took the car out.. and thinking it wasn't fixed still, when I pulled out of the driveway, I punched it, and all the sudden I was pushed back in my seat, and it was awesome! Well guys.. she'* all fixed.. just thought i'd post that up.. hopefully it'll help all those out there with a similar problem!
-justin
PS: i'd like to thank smoosh for the idea to adjust the kickdown cable.. since I believe that'* what fixed it.
-justin
PS: i'd like to thank smoosh for the idea to adjust the kickdown cable.. since I believe that'* what fixed it.