I'm an owner of an automatic. When I got my car (3231) it had been sitting for 15 years with 4858 original miles on it and a bad fuel system. When I finally got the engine and fuel system squared away I set out for the inaugural drive only to find that my shift computer was toast like many others. I (like others) started freaking out about the $$$ I would have to pay for a replacement computer. I happened across Mark Hershey's article on dmcnews http://www.dmcnews.com/Techsection/transputer3.htm about his trans computer exploits and decided to take a look for myself. What I would like to say more than anything to auto (slushbox) owners is this: The transmission computer really isn't very complicated at all and you should not be afraid of it. The fact of the matter is is that it's a relatively simple electrical circuit that was assembled with substandard parts and placed in a horrible location on the vehicle. I read the article with earnest and I must observe that someone with even novice soldering skills I think would be able to perform the replairs outlined in Mark's article. I myself took one half of a day and took the 2 circuit boards out of the housing. (I didn't even remove it from the car - i just pulled the cables out behind the vehicle and sat on the garage floor for the procedure) I had gone over to a local electronic component retailer and purchased the capacitors and TIP 42c shift transistors for less than $3.00. I removed all the caps and replaced them. I also added the .1uf caps to the circuit as mark suggests. I replaced the shift transistors and reassembled the boards onto my transmission. Total time expended was less than 3 hours and the shifting of my trans is absolutely perfect. Auto owners: Please don't think that your trans computer failing is the end of the world. If it is flaky don't keep driving on 2 or less gears. either pull the board and take the repairs into your own hands or send the boards to one of the vendors for a rebuild. To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/