ROTFL! Hey, that tranny weighs more than I do, lol! :D

Click here for the factory PDF file with instructions on transmission R&R.

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I had a similar experience with my '87 300tdt a couple of days ago: all of a sudden it would not shift up! Fluid level was OK and it would shift into reverse and park but would not go past 2nd gear . I was really worried about having to feal with some serious "quality time" under the car when I had decided to try to jack with the modulator and see what happens. Upon the first try, everything started to work perfect! Not sure if it was just a lucky coincidence or is there a real connection....

GSXR, thanks for the R&R manual. I talked to the shop Rusty Cullens recommended and have decided to let him have a look see. Then another decision, here's hoping it will be an easy one.

Transmission fluid change
 

Hi, as I don't when the prev. owner had the tranny fluid changed on the car I am considering a fluid change. Have read before that an autom tranny acted up after a change - wondering why this is happening. An explanation would be great.
GSXR posted:
What's described above is more than a stuck kickdown valve. It shouldn't slip into neutral, it shouldn't need to rev to 3k before kicking into first. Bowden is absolutely irrelevant, you could disconnect it if you want. A total shot in the dark is a failed front pump, but if that's not it, you're looking at a tranny rebuild. This didn't happen shortly after a fluid & filter change, did it?

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Although rare, it's possible that problems could occur after a fluid & filter change, if the wrong fluid was used, the fluid level is way too high or low, or somehow debris got into the tranny during the change. But B_C ruled out those possibilities on his car.

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