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Old 09-07-2007, 02:50 PM
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When reverse starts slipping or refusing to engage, its normally a indicator of extremely worn clutch's inside the transmission. Flushing and/or changing the fluid isn't going to help. My 2nd to 3rd shifts were flaring, which turned into a occasional failure to upshift at all. Then my reverse started slipping, then started refusing to engage, although high reving of the motor would sometimes get it to engage, but that was dangerous. Swapping valve bodies, overfilling the trans (old trick) nor changing the fluid made any difference. When my 3rd to 4th started misbehaving, I bit the bullet and had a rebulit/reeingineered transmission installed.
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