Soft 1-2, 2-3 and 3-4 shifts
I need some things to look for on my tranny. I have done a search but there seems to be a lot of different symptoms with these things and I don’t know if mine fits into anything similar. I changed fluid/filter in it about 1500 miles ago and it worked great. Lately the 1-2, 2-3 and the 3-4 shifts seem to be getting softer (slipping?) so I re-adjusted the TV cable but it was correct to begin with. So I added another click and it helped a little (yep, it raised the shift rpm) and I drove it this way for a few months but the shifts started getting really soft again. It’s been sitting for 4 months now so I pulled the pan and I expected to see the fluid all burned from the clutches slipping but the fluid was still bright red but there was a fair amount of “clutch dust” that was sitting in the pan but no chunks of anything. I got a hold of the previous owner and he said that it was rebuilt before he got it, around 10k miles ago, by a tranny shop, but didn’t know which one. The v-body has the pink paint all over it but that is all I can tell about it. The tranny tag is missing
I am hoping that the “Dust” is plugging up the filter (doubtful) so I’m going to try this but is there something else that I can check? I know nothing about trannies but if someone will guide me to what to look at I’ll figure it out.
If all else fails I will be looking for a different BRF tranny this spring.
Thanks for any input.
Kevin
ps. I also want to try and verify that the internals are the proper GN internals but that can be a different thread.
I need some things to look for on my tranny. I have done a search but there seems to be a lot of different symptoms with these things and I don’t know if mine fits into anything similar. I changed fluid/filter in it about 1500 miles ago and it worked great. Lately the 1-2, 2-3 and the 3-4 shifts seem to be getting softer (slipping?) so I re-adjusted the TV cable but it was correct to begin with. So I added another click and it helped a little (yep, it raised the shift rpm) and I drove it this way for a few months but the shifts started getting really soft again. It’s been sitting for 4 months now so I pulled the pan and I expected to see the fluid all burned from the clutches slipping but the fluid was still bright red but there was a fair amount of “clutch dust” that was sitting in the pan but no chunks of anything. I got a hold of the previous owner and he said that it was rebuilt before he got it, around 10k miles ago, by a tranny shop, but didn’t know which one. The v-body has the pink paint all over it but that is all I can tell about it. The tranny tag is missing
I am hoping that the “Dust” is plugging up the filter (doubtful) so I’m going to try this but is there something else that I can check? I know nothing about trannies but if someone will guide me to what to look at I’ll figure it out.
If all else fails I will be looking for a different BRF tranny this spring.
Thanks for any input.
Kevin
ps. I also want to try and verify that the internals are the proper GN internals but that can be a different thread.
