Tony Evans wrote:
> It has an automatic transmission and as of today will no longer shift from
> 2nd into 3rd. I haven't started to tear into it yet. What should I look
> at? Cables? Rubber bushings? Could it be as simple as having dirty
> transmission fluid?

When was the last time the fluid and filter were changed? How about
bands adjusted?

"miles" <nope@nopers.com> wrote in message
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> When was the last time the fluid and filter were changed? How about
> bands adjusted?

Never.

Tony Evans wrote:
> "miles" <nope@nopers.com> wrote in message
> news:4WPlk.9496$LF2.1343@newsfe09.iad...
>> When was the last time the fluid and filter were changed? How about
>> bands adjusted?
>
> Never.

8 years and never changed? I'd drop the pan, change the fluid and
filter and have the bands adjusted for starters and see what happens.
Thats some pretty old fluid in there.

Dropping the pan won't get nearly all the fluid out. Could have a flush
done after changing the filter to get 100% of the fluid replaced. I've
heard doing so on a never serviced tranny could cause some seals to
leak. NOt had that happen to me.

On Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:08:04 -0700, miles <nope@nopers.com> wrote:

>Tony Evans wrote:
>> "miles" <nope@nopers.com> wrote in message
>> news:4WPlk.9496$LF2.1343@newsfe09.iad...
>>> When was the last time the fluid and filter were changed? How about
>>> bands adjusted?
>>
>> Never.
>
>8 years and never changed? I'd drop the pan, change the fluid and
>filter and have the bands adjusted for starters and see what happens.
>Thats some pretty old fluid in there.
>
>Dropping the pan won't get nearly all the fluid out. Could have a flush
>done after changing the filter to get 100% of the fluid replaced. I've
>heard doing so on a never serviced tranny could cause some seals to
>leak. NOt had that happen to me.


Can't lose on this one - if new fluid doesn't fix it it's already
broken.
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thanks to both for the advice....I'll be working on it this Saturday.

"miles" <nope@nopers.com> wrote in message
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> 8 years and never changed? I'd drop the pan, change the fluid and
> filter and have the bands adjusted for starters and see what happens.
> Thats some pretty old fluid in there.
>
> Dropping the pan won't get nearly all the fluid out. Could have a flush
> done after changing the filter to get 100% of the fluid replaced. I've
> heard doing so on a never serviced tranny could cause some seals to
> leak. NOt had that happen to me.