[DML] Re: Automatic

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If the transmission is shifting erratically that usually means the
shift computer is "sick". If you keep driving on it, the hard erratic
shifting will damage the internal mechanical parts of the
transmission. You have a couple of choices. You can replace the shift
computer. It is somewhere around $350 more or less. You can attempt to
repair it. This requires some familularity with a soldering iron. Or
you can send it to someone for repair. If the trans is slipping that
is a much more serious problem and can generally only be fixed by
removing and rebuilding the transmission. Watch the tach and speedo.
If the engine RPM's go up while the speed of the car does not than the
trans IS slipping. Pull the dipstick. If it looks and smells burnt
then you probably have already damaged the internals of the trans. If
however it is still red and smells OK you may luck out with just a
shift computer. When the transission "slips" it is not changing gears,
the clutch packs slip and that is a BAD thing. They are supposed to be
engaged or disengaged, not slip.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "mydmc5898" <mydmc5898@xxxx> wrote:
> Well I was driving my DMC home from an oil change, and well all of a 
> suddent he car began to switch gears, its an 81 automatic. Anyway I 
> called AAA and back to the garage it went. Well I found out that a 
> pully froze up and my mechanic also informed me that my Transmission 
> was slipping. Now I have records from 1997 showing that the trans 
> has been rebulit. I understand that if jumping the car to many times 
> it can destroy the computer, and since March of 2003 it has been 
> jumped at least five times for one reason or another. Well my fisrt 
> question is this, I'm not to keen on mechanical terms so when the 
> trans slips I know it to be with changing gears, but what could 
> cause this and how bad is it $$$ wise?
> 
> Thanks,
> Darryl
> 5898




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