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Hard 1-2 shift when cold

Okay i got this issue with my cougar now, when its cold, say sitting overnight and you go to take off from a standstill it gets halfway through 1st, feels like its slipping and then it shifts into 2nd hard enough to chirp the tires, it only happens when its cold, after driving it abit it stops.It upshifts and downshifts silky smooth any other time. I changed the trans fluid and the filter last week. I'm hoping my trans isint going out. Anything i can do to fix this? could it be the torque converter? the car sat undriven for 2 years as some of you know. any help is appreciated

Hard 1-2 shift when cold

Reply #1
Hows the TV cable?
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

Hard 1-2 shift when cold

Reply #2
Quote from: thunderjet302;228004
Hows the TV cable?


its in good shape

 

Hard 1-2 shift when cold

Reply #3
Sounds like possibly a valve is sticking in the valve body... May fix itself with a bit of driving...