I was getting ready to leave for my favorite salvage yard this morning and the car wouldn't shift past second.Adfter second,the engine revved to 6000+.I pulled over QUICK,and popped the hood.The TV cable had let go.I checked the tranny fluid,and it had a lot of black in it and smelled bad.I got the car home,swapped the TV cable,fluid,filter,added a bottle of Lucas,and no luck.The tranny is dead.Hopefully tomorrow or Sunday,I'll have the spare in.I'll keep you posted.
Ah man, thats terrible. I had the EXACT same thing happen to me, but I didnt let her revv that high and I was able to baby the car home without breaking anything. I hope everything turns out ok for ya.
I didn't mean for it to rev that high.Immediately after it hit second ZOOOOOOOOOOM.It'll turn out alright.I'll just swap the old tranny out.I have no choice.I can't really afford to have it rebuilt.An AOD rebuild is ugly expensive.
Yeah, when that happened to me, it did rev really quickly; I think I was able to let off before she got past 4 grand. Luckily, I was still able to drive (albeit slowly) and get her home...and it didnt happen far from home either.
tv cable... that's the kickdown cable, right?
well, look at the bright side. at least you know exactly what's wrong. no chasing ghosts.
That is bad news.
If no one thing it is another, But at least you have a few spares.
Yeah, my AOD rebuild cost me 1600.
i remember when the grommet on my tv cable broke. it was well AFTER i joined this place and read all of coolcats and knew about it too! but i was like 2 miles from home, coming home, 30 mph road, suddenly the gas pedal was easy to push and it was shifting really weird and and at odd times. i just drove it gently home, and once or twice it did seem to rev up but i think i drive the thing so God-awfully gently that it couldnt kill itself or something :hick:
as i pulled in the driveway suddenly it clicked. i shouted "oh shiznit!!" popped the hood sure enough it was dangling. grabbed a HEFTY cotter pin, as thick as the hole is, put it in there. that thing will NEVER fall off in a million years.
that sucks man, although i love "...I'll have the spare in". :giggle: so i cant say that sucks too bad because you HAVE a spare. for me it would be off to the shop, spend God-awful amounts of money to get it rebuilt :bricks1: or try and find a spare in a JY. id be pretty sunk though. thats my main reason for babying my car, the tranny. after all ive read here the aod might as well be made of friggin GLASS.
5-Speed swap is the answer to all AOD questions.
And you'll have a whole set of new problems if you use a T5... Never again, they get really ugly inside when they bust...
Did I say T5? :D :D :D
Thats identical to what happened to me. My dad even fixed it while I was at work...with a cotter pin! Funny how once he did that, the throttle response was WAY better than before.
Also, I dont know if you need to baby the car to keep the tranny together, just dont constantly stress it. No reason to have done the HO conversion if you're just gonna baby it around :flame: :toilet: :evilgrin:
This applies to all AOD cars, right? I think I'd better watch out...
yup.
@kingcars,
OF COURSE im gonna open 'er up from time to time :evilgrin:
but for everyday commuting, i dont need speed all the time. im not that kind of driver. i like to cruise leisurely. but i want it to be there so whenever i need/want it, i can whip it out.
one of the more frequently occurring times is getting on The Northway, I-87, here, where people are flying along, and even if theyre going 55 like theyre supposed to (not likely), if they cant get over will they let you in? nope. nope, so if you want to shove your way in there you need power, and i was able to at WOT but now i can do that and they will be fading away not still closing the gap.
i also wonder if i got in the habit of driving it harder if i might accidentally lose track of my speed frequently and risk a ticket. NO WAY. not an option, so thats a big factor too.
Tomorrow morning (Saturday),we're going to get started around 8:30 and get the job done.It shouldn't take too long.I'm going to rent a tranny jack.They make life easy,and the guy is going to let me have until Monday for $10.00.No problem.I should be back in business before lunch.Next week I'm going to start the interior swap.and hit the boneyard that I missed today.I was really looking forward to that.....a lot.Oh well,the tranny is the priority right now.More news as it happens.
Oh,by the way,I have thought about a 5 speed,but I really like an automatic.Just for the convenience of driving.I know that they use up some horsepower,and there's no TV cable to mess you up,but the AOD has really been a good tranny for me.It was the cable that sucked this time.The tranny just suffered for it.
Until you break a clutch cable... Luckily mine let go in front of the house.
that sucks. At least you do have another to replace it.
My 5-Speed doesn't have a clutch cable :D
Hah, I rarely do more than 5 over the speed limit. It's just the time I take to get to that speed that varies :evilgrin: .
The reason I try to stick to 5 over is because I can feel safe that a cop wont pull me since I'm normally in the slow lane getting passed. I've had several occasions of cops driving up behind me without me realizing it for a minute and then they just leisurely drive on by.
UPDATE>>>>>>> My friend and I got the tranny swapped,installed the TV cable and adjusted it.I called a tranny shop,and he said to have someone hold the gas pedal all the way down,and adjust the TV cable "as tight as a banjo string",so,that's what I did.I took the car for a test drive and it seems strong,and everything worked as it should.The throttle response is a lot better for some reason.Perhaps it's the TV cable adjustment.I didn't get to drive but a couple of miles due to time and other things going on.Now you know......the rest...of the story.
Okay Paul Harvey :hick:
Glad you got it going.
, good work, Vinnie. You got it fixed in just over 24 hours.
Actually,we started at 11:30 this morning and finished around 4:00 this evening.We took about a half an hour break in there as well.So,about 4 hours out on the driveway.Everything went really good.I swapped my valvebody into the "new" tranny while we had the tranny out.No better time..I knew it was good.I'm glad it's over,though.