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100,000 Mi on rebuilt Trans!
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Re: 100,000 Mi on rebuilt Trans! -
09-26-2004
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Hmm...I shall ask a question then (I am rather full of them...among other things :-P). My '91 SSE, when going from Park to OverDrive makes very little noise. Just the same noise that any car makes when switching gears. However, if I go from Reverse to OD, it makes a HUGE klunk noise. It just started this a couple of weeks ago. Also, if I am in Reverse, but go down to Neutral, wait a few seconds, then go into OD, it works fine. Also, the tranny 'slips' at times too, like when slowing down, then giving it gas (like taking a corner). Would you say the tranny is going, or should I try the fluid and filter changes first? |
had a lightly funky tranny: the CLUNK when going from R to D and it
slipped a little around 35, 55 and 70 MPH which could be gotten around
with 'gas pedal shifting.' Had it checked through the years; once had a
cushion spring replaced and had periodic drainings and fillings, but
nothing to justify rebuilding it could be found. The slip remained
exactly the same for next 10 years and 100,000 or so miles I put on it
through all sorts of conditions. When I gave up the car, it was because
the headgasket went - not the transmission.
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"Did Father shoot him? I will eat Grandfather for dinner."
- Helen Keller, on learning of the death of her grandfather
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Turned 100,000 miles this week on the transmission which was rebuilt in February 2001. |
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"Did Father shoot him? I will eat Grandfather for dinner."
- Helen Keller, on learning of the death of her grandfather
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In article <8a-dnWCuQLLb_c_cRVn-jg (AT) rogers (DOT) com>, "80 Knight" <80_knightREMOVE_ME_PLEASE (AT) rogers (DOT) com> wrote: Hmm...I shall ask a question then (I am rather full of them...among other things :-P). My '91 SSE, when going from Park to OverDrive makes very little noise. Just the same noise that any car makes when switching gears. However, if I go from Reverse to OD, it makes a HUGE klunk noise. It just started this a couple of weeks ago. Also, if I am in Reverse, but go down to Neutral, wait a few seconds, then go into OD, it works fine. Also, the tranny 'slips' at times too, like when slowing down, then giving it gas (like taking a corner). Would you say the tranny is going, or should I try the fluid and filter changes first? Not advice, just an anecdote: I drove an '86 6000LE for 10 years that had a lightly funky tranny: the CLUNK when going from R to D and it slipped a little around 35, 55 and 70 MPH which could be gotten around with 'gas pedal shifting.' Had it checked through the years; once had a cushion spring replaced and had periodic drainings and fillings, but nothing to justify rebuilding it could be found. The slip remained exactly the same for next 10 years and 100,000 or so miles I put on it through all sorts of conditions. When I gave up the car, it was because the headgasket went - not the transmission. |
fluid/filter change, as well as a coolant flush and refill. I want to keep
this car for a long time, so I guess I had better take care of her :P
Anyhow, I may have also found part of the problem that the transmission was
doing. As I said, it was 'klunking' going from Reverse to Drive. I had a
Service Engine Light come on every now and then, and it turned out to be the
Throttle Position Sensor. The car was running like crap every so often, so I
replaced the sensor over the weekend, and it turned out that now that the
sensor is replaced, the car idles at around 900RPM's - 1000, as opposed to
the 1200-1300 that it used too. And, now when you are stopped in Reverse,
like after you back out of your parking spot, the car drops down to around
900 RPM's or so, and the transmission *usually* shifts fine. At times, she
still does a 'klunk' but not too often now at all.
My apologies to everyone who was trying to help me with the Transmission
'klinking'. As I said, it turned out to be the TPS, but, with me not knowing
what the TPS actually did, I had no idea that it was it doing it.
Thanks everyone!!
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"REP" <rep (AT) inanna (DOT) com> wrote in message news:2rnghsF1cg1vfU2 (AT) uni-berlin (DOT) de... In article <8a-dnWCuQLLb_c_cRVn-jg (AT) rogers (DOT) com>, "80 Knight" <80_knightREMOVE_ME_PLEASE (AT) rogers (DOT) com> wrote: Hmm...I shall ask a question then (I am rather full of them...among other things :-P). My '91 SSE, when going from Park to OverDrive makes very little noise. Just the same noise that any car makes when switching gears. However, if I go from Reverse to OD, it makes a HUGE klunk noise. It just started this a couple of weeks ago. Also, if I am in Reverse, but go down to Neutral, wait a few seconds, then go into OD, it works fine. Also, the tranny 'slips' at times too, like when slowing down, then giving it gas (like taking a corner). Would you say the tranny is going, or should I try the fluid and filter changes first? Not advice, just an anecdote: I drove an '86 6000LE for 10 years that had a lightly funky tranny: the CLUNK when going from R to D and it slipped a little around 35, 55 and 70 MPH which could be gotten around with 'gas pedal shifting.' Had it checked through the years; once had a cushion spring replaced and had periodic drainings and fillings, but nothing to justify rebuilding it could be found. The slip remained exactly the same for next 10 years and 100,000 or so miles I put on it through all sorts of conditions. When I gave up the car, it was because the headgasket went - not the transmission. Thanks for the advise. I think on payday, I will do a transmission fluid/filter change, as well as a coolant flush and refill. I want to keep this car for a long time, so I guess I had better take care of her :P |
around 186,000 miles just a month or so ago ... I don't know how long
the transmission on my old car was acting goosey, but it did for the 10
years I had it.
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"Did Father shoot him? I will eat Grandfather for dinner."
- Helen Keller, on learning of the death of her grandfather
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In article <MJWdnbCgRp5x_8rcRVn-oQ (AT) rogers (DOT) com>, "80 Knight" <80_knightREMOVE_ME_PLEASE (AT) rogers (DOT) com> wrote: "REP" <rep (AT) inanna (DOT) com> wrote in message news:2rnghsF1cg1vfU2 (AT) uni-berlin (DOT) de... In article <8a-dnWCuQLLb_c_cRVn-jg (AT) rogers (DOT) com>, "80 Knight" <80_knightREMOVE_ME_PLEASE (AT) rogers (DOT) com> wrote: Hmm...I shall ask a question then (I am rather full of them...among other things :-P). My '91 SSE, when going from Park to OverDrive makes very little noise. Just the same noise that any car makes when switching gears. However, if I go from Reverse to OD, it makes a HUGE klunk noise. It just started this a couple of weeks ago. Also, if I am in Reverse, but go down to Neutral, wait a few seconds, then go into OD, it works fine. Also, the tranny 'slips' at times too, like when slowing down, then giving it gas (like taking a corner). Would you say the tranny is going, or should I try the fluid and filter changes first? Not advice, just an anecdote: I drove an '86 6000LE for 10 years that had a lightly funky tranny: the CLUNK when going from R to D and it slipped a little around 35, 55 and 70 MPH which could be gotten around with 'gas pedal shifting.' Had it checked through the years; once had a cushion spring replaced and had periodic drainings and fillings, but nothing to justify rebuilding it could be found. The slip remained exactly the same for next 10 years and 100,000 or so miles I put on it through all sorts of conditions. When I gave up the car, it was because the headgasket went - not the transmission. Thanks for the advise. I think on payday, I will do a transmission fluid/filter change, as well as a coolant flush and refill. I want to keep this car for a long time, so I guess I had better take care of her :P I forgot to mention that I got the 6000 in '94 and the gasket went around 186,000 miles just a month or so ago ... I don't know how long the transmission on my old car was acting goosey, but it did for the 10 years I had it. |
tranny used to slip every now and then. I had it checked out by a
transmission place when I first bought it, and they said that based on the
color of the tranny fluid, the whole transmission needed to be replaced.
They also took it for a test drive, but they said that the car ran fine, so
he based his total opinion on the color of the fulid. SO, he said that it
was not necessary right away, but that it would not last long. That was
almost 2 years, and well over 80,000 KM's ago, and it still runs just like
it always has. Slip's every now and then, but that's about it. I also had a
'92 Grand Prix. It did the same thing, so I think I will stick with the
fluid/filter changes for now.
Thanks again for the replies.
--
80Knight
--1991 Pontiac Bonneville SSE Sedan
--3800 V6
--190,000 KM's
Bonnie's Website's:
http://www.geocities.com/brandon_80_knight/
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In article <MJWdnbCgRp5x_8rcRVn-oQ (AT) rogers (DOT) com>, "80 Knight" <80_knightREMOVE_ME_PLEASE (AT) rogers (DOT) com> wrote: "REP" <rep (AT) inanna (DOT) com> wrote in message news:2rnghsF1cg1vfU2 (AT) uni-berlin (DOT) de... In article <8a-dnWCuQLLb_c_cRVn-jg (AT) rogers (DOT) com>, "80 Knight" <80_knightREMOVE_ME_PLEASE (AT) rogers (DOT) com> wrote: Hmm...I shall ask a question then (I am rather full of them...among other things :-P). My '91 SSE, when going from Park to OverDrive makes very little noise. Just the same noise that any car makes when switching gears. However, if I go from Reverse to OD, it makes a HUGE klunk noise. It just started this a couple of weeks ago. Also, if I am in Reverse, but go down to Neutral, wait a few seconds, then go into OD, it works fine. Also, the tranny 'slips' at times too, like when slowing down, then giving it gas (like taking a corner). Would you say the tranny is going, or should I try the fluid and filter changes first? Not advice, just an anecdote: I drove an '86 6000LE for 10 years that had a lightly funky tranny: the CLUNK when going from R to D and it slipped a little around 35, 55 and 70 MPH which could be gotten around with 'gas pedal shifting.' Had it checked through the years; once had a cushion spring replaced and had periodic drainings and fillings, but nothing to justify rebuilding it could be found. The slip remained exactly the same for next 10 years and 100,000 or so miles I put on it through all sorts of conditions. When I gave up the car, it was because the headgasket went - not the transmission. Thanks for the advise. I think on payday, I will do a transmission fluid/filter change, as well as a coolant flush and refill. I want to keep this car for a long time, so I guess I had better take care of her :P I forgot to mention that I got the 6000 in '94 and the gasket went around 186,000 miles just a month or so ago ... I don't know how long the transmission on my old car was acting goosey, but it did for the 10 years I had it. -- "Did Father shoot him? I will eat Grandfather for dinner." - Helen Keller, on learning of the death of her grandfather |
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