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Offline 84eaglelmz

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Re: tranny doesn't shift out of first when cold
« Reply #15 on: April 15, 2012, 05:47:23 PM »
Quote from: carnuck on April 15, 2012, 01:15:53 AM
Looks like either the converter is going south, a planetary was running dry and spalling or a band lost it's material and is now running metal on metal (maybe adjusted too tight or dragging?)




Most likely time for a rebuild now? Anyone have ideas on cost of this? or if i can buy a remanufactured one, and where?
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Offline mudkicker715

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Re: tranny doesn't shift out of first when cold
« Reply #16 on: April 15, 2012, 05:56:49 PM »
Would love to see the problem than. my sedan powered stroker burned 3 trannys before i switched to manual. torque convertor hub on one, trans bands twice. now with manual it can drive sideways when pushed. otherwise i think i broke my automatics by breaking the speed of sound with no kickdown. haha
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Offline Bird-o-Prey

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Re: tranny doesn't shift out of first when cold
« Reply #17 on: April 15, 2012, 10:51:42 PM »
I took mine to a really good shop.  Very reputable.  It cost me $1027 CAD for a full rebuild with a new torqu converter.  The first rebuild was my bill, the second one was theirs.  The torque converter they put in the first time was defective.

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Offline BenM

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Re: tranny doesn't shift out of first when cold
« Reply #18 on: April 16, 2012, 12:55:19 AM »
I pulled one out of the car myself and took it down to be repaired, cost me about $800-something about 7 years ago. Put over100,000 on it with towing before I wore out the bands again, and that's with the 2.35 which is probably the hardest on a transmission.
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