Park & !st! Valve Body?

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Park & !st! Valve Body?

January 11, 2007, 08:26:30 PM

so i get my car off the stands and i got to get it on the street. I take it down the long driveway and it is running good give it gas and it goes.

Turn out on the street and throw it down a little. revs high and i knew it was time for a shift. None! so i stop and run it though the gears like i did before i drove it at all and got it in drive. give it gas and it doesnt move like if a clutch was in then goes. so i pull in a driveway and try and back out. nothing. then it wants to go forward! so i get neutral , or what i thing is neutral and roll out. then into drive and wait of it to grab.

not the fluid

but....

i didnt switch the Kick down cable ( think i was suppose to but i thought id see if that on worked)

anything else it could be?

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Reply #1 – January 12, 2007, 01:26:00 AM

my thoughts went straight to the kickdown...

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Reply #2 – January 12, 2007, 10:38:21 AM

trying that today after school

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Reply #3 – January 12, 2007, 11:06:59 AM

Is the transmission pumping fluid?
With the car off, you can remove the top line going into the trans cooler on the radiator, then quickly bump over the ignition and see if fluid comes out of the line. If so, the trans pump is working and that eliminates that.

Otherwise it has to be a kickdown cable issue, unless the governor is stuck...

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Reply #4 – January 12, 2007, 03:40:31 PM

when in park it seems like it doesn't rev up. i give it gas and it doesn't rev up as quick or as high as it use to. if that helps. going to see if i can get it in the garage to work on it.

any other ideas?

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Reply #5 – January 12, 2007, 05:01:46 PM

not fully setting in the gears?

do you feel it shift from R-N-OD? if not.. try adjusting your shift cable.

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Reply #6 – January 12, 2007, 06:12:52 PM

so it shifts though the gears fine. i tested to see what gears it was real in so started in park and didnt move, 1 down
put in reverse and it didnt start, 2 down
put in neutral and it started and DROVE FORWARD.
put it in drive and didnt start, good

so im sure it isn't the kickdown cable and its not the shifter cable cause it shifts.

not sure if it goes into 1st on the shifter though if that help any

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Reply #7 – January 12, 2007, 08:38:55 PM

is your gear selector acurate to what gear your in? it almost sounds like its a notch off.

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Reply #8 – January 12, 2007, 08:45:44 PM

i can hear it click though the gears when the car is off. so it is in the gea it says it is.

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Reply #9 – January 13, 2007, 12:06:15 PM

any other ideas?

would a sensor make it do this?

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Reply #10 – January 13, 2007, 12:22:07 PM

i havnt worked on my transmission so take what i say with a huge grain of salt. but i know some automatic transmissions use like a vaccume to change gears. im not sure if our cars has this in the transmission. i'd either go to a junk yard that has a couple of the aerobirds/cats and see how everything is under there. i mean people usually just throw away really good well adjusted stuff in the junk yard. if you can, find someone that has one that running and check it out. if theres a vaccume line thats missing or leaking or what have you, it wouldnt know when to shift. if its a linkage type deal, it could be way out of wack. the worst case senario though is you've lost 2nd gear. i've heard if i lose 2nd gear i wouldnt even have 3rd or 4th. i'd check the linkage and such out real well. do you have a chilton or whatever book? you can get one from like advance or any other parts stores.

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Reply #11 – January 13, 2007, 10:20:00 PM

ajust your shift cable. dude... its probably your problem.

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Reply #12 – January 14, 2007, 12:27:38 AM

The adjustemts killed me when I first got the car. It took about 2 hours to get the car to get out of 1st gear. It probaly is your problem. To adjust it, shift the trans into !, or the lowest gear you have. Then loosen the bold holding it togather so you can adjust it. Tie a weight to the coulom shift to keep it in place and shift that to the lowest point. Now they should be *close* if not exact. Tighten the adjustment bolt and put in P. if it starts, your on, then to R, N, Od, D. so on. If it works then you solved your problem. If not, then I have no clue

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Reply #13 – January 14, 2007, 01:14:58 AM

S o switched the kickdown cable today which was a much cause it was sitting on the cat. Still wont shift out of first(see your ideas, Clayton and Mike) im not sure wwhat you mean but i will read it better in a minute. it wants to drive in all gears including park. Loads the tranny and when i turn it off it rolls back, when i put it in park it rolled forward.

Got suspended from work so i have all day to work on it tomorrow and no school monday so ill get it adjusted.

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Reply #14 – January 14, 2007, 01:15:54 AM

I'll give you setp by step pics tomorow ok. Just hang in there