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Transmission
Well I think I may need my transmission rebuilt or another one. I was going to lunch today and after taking off from a stop light fairly slow, it shifted pretty hard and then my check engine came on. I didn't check the codes because, my car doesn't have any sort of emissions, except some giant mufflers that don't do much. On the other hand if I take off at WOT the transmission shifts pretty smooth. In the mornings, when its pretty cold, the transmission doesn't shift into OD until the cars temperature gets to about 1/4 the way up. I am thinking another inclination that the trans it on its way out. I might pick up some trans fluid and see what the fluid looks like, tomorrow. Any and all advice is always greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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Well I think I may need my transmission rebuilt or another one. I was going to lunch today and after taking off from a stop light fairly slow, it shifted pretty hard and then my check engine came on. I didn't check the codes because, my car doesn't have any sort of emissions, except some giant mufflers that don't do much. On the other hand if I take off at WOT the transmission shifts pretty smooth. In the mornings, when its pretty cold, the transmission doesn't shift into OD until the cars temperature gets to about 1/4 the way up. I am thinking another inclination that the trans it on its way out. I might pick up some trans fluid and see what the fluid looks like, tomorrow. Any and all advice is always greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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I will look into the mounts. I know I need differential bushings, but haven't looked at the trans or engine mounts at all. I thought it was strange that the car wont shift for about 5 to 7 minutes after starting the car. It stays at about 3200 rpm until it shifts then its back down to 2800ish at 70 mph. I will let you know what the fluid looks like and what my mounts look like.
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Definitely change the filter and fluid out. You can only do 2 quarts or so but just change it every few hundred miles to get as much of the old fluid out. Or you can go to jiffy lube (one you can trust) and they can swap all your fluid out in one go with their machine. I did that and they put 18 quarts of fresh fluid in and it drove perfect after that.
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Well since I changed my fluid out a few months ago, it should be fine and I confirmed this today. Some of my mounts could be replaced, but none of them are completely broken just cracked.
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Some pics of the motor, trans, and differential mounts/bushings. The last pic is the color of my trans fluid. The picture doesn't really pick it up, but it was a light red color not a brownish like the picture shows. Going to post these in my build thread as it will reference to a before and the I will post pics when I get new mounts/bushings and then post an after.
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