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Survey - fix hard shifting tranny when hot using shift kit?

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Old 09-09-2011, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by GunsOfNavarone
The second part of addressing the hard shifting is upgrading the ATF to DEXRON VI. I did that along with the shift kit and 60k miles later no need to rebuild tranny.
I think this will be my next item on my "to-do" list!
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Old 09-18-2011, 01:47 AM
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I had that problem with my SSEi when I joined the site(one of the reasons for joining was to find out more about my car) I put the shift kit in,scffed the accumulator wall with the supplied sand paper that came with kit installed the springs and spacers as directed and it been fine for 2 years now.
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