After checking out Bruce's link for his automatic DeLorean and reading about the transmission, I realized I never updated everyone on the condition of the governor in 2234. One of the transistors in the circuit had blown causing the car to always start in second. One could replace the transistor, but what caused it to blow out in the first place? Long story short: after moving the circuit to a project box that now hangs in the engine compartment, I found out there was a short between the power and return lines for the solenoid whose transistor was blowing. This short was not anywhere along the length of cable in the harness or on the circuit boards themselves, but existed inside the governor wiring harness solid connector block that mounts in the engine compartment. I've since fixed the short and haven't had any problems yet. Anyone else ever have a situation like that? Also found a short on the kick-down line and fixed that too. Special thanks to David T. and everyone else who helped with the analysis. Much appreciated. =) -Kevin VIN 2234 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> 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/