Thought I should start a new thread. Well the '87 won't shift right. At startup it will go in 1'st gear only,. If I rev it up to about 25, shift to neutral and shift again into drive, second gear will engage. but no higher. reverse works, Occasionally it will slip out of first.

Drained some fluid and put Trans-X in. Idled and shifted through the gears from P to D2 but this has not helped yet. Just took the car out for about 5 miles and still the same.

I'm hoping that an overnight soak with the Trans-X will work but i'm not getting a warm feeling about it.

Should I keep driving locally no higher than 25mph? Should I take it to a trans shop? The trans was serviced before I bought it by a shop about a mile from here, and has worked flawlessly until now, however i'm sure that any shop will want to sell me more work than it needs.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Joe.

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