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- From: bowmanj@csn.org (Jerry Bowman)
- Subject: Re: transmission quirk
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.155124.5015@colorado.edu>
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- Organization: University of Colorado Boulder, OCS
- References: <1992Dec17.213640.22309@linus.mitre.org>
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- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 15:51:24 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec17.213640.22309@linus.mitre.org> jm@woody.mitre.org (Jeffrey P. Manosh) writes:
- >I own a 1988 Olds 98 Regency Brougham. It has I believe a 4 speed automatic
- >transmission.(There are two "drive" positions, the overdrive having a circle
- >around the "D". There seems to be a problem when driving the car at a steady
- >speed on level ground around 50 mph, and when a gradual incline approaches
- >in the road. The transmission feels like it attempts to downshift to 3rd, and
- >as it does, it does so indecisively, hicupping several times between 4th and
- >3rd before it settles into 3rd. The jolting can be avoided by either driving
- >the car in "D" instead of "circle D", or pressing on the accelerator more
- >strongly at the onset of a hill.
- > My mechanic adjusted a "torque converter switch", but this did not
- >help. He referred me to a tranmission specialist. The tranmission specialist
- >wants to connect the car to a diagnostic computer for $40 to find the problem.
- >I suspect its something simple, like a vaccum line or modulator valve.
- > Can anyone out there give me some advice as to what may be the problem?
- >I would really appreciate some tips. Please send email as I don't regularly
- >read this newsgroup.
- > Thanks
- > Jeff Manosh
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- It sounds like you have the 700R4 trans that needs the TV cable adjusted. Try another trans shop.
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