Well yesterday I was going on the onramp and I stepped on it at around 25 mph and the rpms jumped to 6000 rpm and I heard a screch come from the transmission like the bands tring to catch it was an aweful sound most likly the cars tranny will be junk soon but i dunno how much time i have its ok with normal driving this is my only car that I need to get to work ne1 know how long this could go on and be ok if i baby it? I have 152k on the car 60k on the engine 152k on the tranny.

Go for a 10 minute drive and check the trans fluid (at idle) for both level, color, and smell. Let us know. We'll take it from there.

I've been through two of these, and several others as well. We should be able to give you some guidance and advice on getting the most out of what you have left, and what will probably go next. Not to mention what it'* going to cost you, and what is compatible.

That is the longest sentence I've ever seen

All joking aside, 19bonnie95, please read this topic:

http://www.bonnevilleclub.com/forum/...ic.php?t=73691

I just had a Trannsmission Flush less than 10k miles ago.

The level is good.

The Color is red still has a nice color to it.

No burnt smell to the fluid.

The first time I put it down it like dry reved like I thought it was bumped into neutral I let off imediatly.

I had to do it again to see if it did it again and this time I left it down for a few more secs and then I heard the squeaking and the hard grabbing of the tranny. It kinda sounded like the tires might have been squeaking because the tranny grabed hard at a higher rpm than it should. My friend said it was the bands that were slipping so I dont know. Otherwise there has been no problems since that happened but I haven't put it down since then and dont really wana.

Pickin up a $100 1998 Ford escort today that just needs a starter for the time being and still driving the bonneville till death.

P.*. This bonneville before I had it was treated nice and I was nice to it for the most part. This car was used to tow a 4 wheeler on long trips also. Alot of highway miles tho.

O yes and 1 more thing I would like to add.

A couple of months ago the tourqe converter would not engage in overdrive and then after awhile the car started having a weird problem. The overdrive would work but it would jump out of overdrive and stay in 3rd gear. The tourqe converter never has worked in that time and before the tourqe converter stoped engaging it got a rough engauging like a shudder when it would engauge.


EDIT*Well I took it out for a drive to see what would happen at wot from a start. It pulled good like always and it shifted like normal with a good shift no slipping at all. I looked at all the vaccum hoses that lead from the throttle body to that one thing (lol) that sticks out of the transmission and the connectors are all very loose and corroded. Could this be the problem I am not sure what that does but I think it has something to do with reading the throttle pressure and when to engauge things inside the transmission. *edit

With the vacuum modulator disconnected, you'll simply have firmer shifts. And if you don't plug the leak, you'll run lean.

It sounds to me like you've lost a good portion of the friction material on the bands. Having done a flush recently, and the fluid looking good, most of your loss was likely before the flush.

I'd say at 152k on the trans, you're on borrowed time.