[TechAssist] off topic help needed for a car transmission
- From: "Janet Fantauzzi" <fantaj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 07:43:37 -0500
Fantaj Retired
Belle Vernon, Pa. 15012-9669
----- Original Message -----
From: Janet Fantauzzi
To: garofmar@xxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 6:02 AM
Subject: forum
Hey guys...I would like to see if anybody has any advice on my friends 92
Crown Victoria.
It is a fully loaded model,with a V-8 and a four speed automatic overdrive
tranny which is called "AOD" and has an electronic speed sensor instead of a
speedometer cable.Whets happening is,it doesn't shift into OD anymore,it just
shifts out of third then begins going nowhere,you can rev the engine and it
just doesn't continue into fourth gear.
He claims its been slipping for awhile going from 3rd to 4th but now it has
gotten to this point.We can leave the shifter in drive instead of OD and drive
it in 3rd,but when the OD would work it usually shifts at about 44 mph so right
now he can go to work and stay around 55-60 mph in 3rd but of course the RPM is
higher than it should be because the lack of OD gear.
I had a general look-see at it and right away I noticed that the fluid level
was way above normal and a little foam was present on the dipstick...and would
you believe he had the tranny fluid changed a few years back and has never
added any...which means whomever serviced it overfilled it.I must have let out
a good QT and a 1/2 to bring it down to the correct level.The fluid does seem a
little dark,but doesn't seem to have a burnt odor.
Does anybody have any idea as to what could be wrong internally in the tranny?I
have read on the internet that these type transmissions with the VSS "Vehicle
Speed Sensor" instead of a speedometer cable can have this symptom possibly
from the VSS itself being bad.
I am just hoping for some input that we can use that may keep him from getting
reamed to bad if he takes it to AAMCO or someplace like that.
I have checked all the throttle linkages and they are adjusted correctly and it
has no problem shifting from 1 thru 3rd gear.
Any opinions would be greatly appreciated
frank and fuzz
Fantaj tv
Belle Vernon, Pa. 15012
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