Re: [T3] Automatic troubleshooting

[Jens Vagelpohl <jens@dataflake.org>]

<x-flowed>> I'm interested. My 73 slips on the upshift between 2 & 3 when I'm just 
> giving
> it light throttle. If I hold my foot down this delays the shift to 
> higher
> speed/rpms and the shift occurs smoothly. The good news is that it's 
> done this
> since we bought it in '90 and it hasn't changed a bit in that time.

jim,

what you describe as slip, is that a behavior where it seems to slip 
out of second, the RPM level rises (since it is now effectively in 
neutral) and then after a little delay of maybe half a second third 
engages and brings it back down? if that is the case i have the same 
symptoms on my '74 412 wagon. it happens under low load only, not under 
more spirited acceleration.

at this point the only causes i can think of would be in the 
transmission itself.

jens

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