Its normal for the trans to not shift until it has warmed up. Warming it in
the driveway wil get the engine to temp, and help the tranny a little. But
until you put a load against the tranny, it still hasn't warmed up all that
much.
TonyC
-----Original Message-----
From: PoohDog629@aol.com <PoohDog629@aol.com>
To: aol@dakota-truck.net <aol@dakota-truck.net>
Date: Monday, December 31, 2001 11:45 AM
Subject: DML: Sticky Trans?
>With all these q's about transmissions has me thinkin' I should add one
more
>for the dmlers' to ponder. In the cold (Chicago) my trans will not shift
into
>3rd until it warms up. I have let the truck sit and warm up for about 7
mins
>or so and then driven it and the truck still won't shift into 3rd.
Basically,
>I end up going 40 at about 2100 RPMs. I didn't have this problem last
winter
>and this summer I had the trans serviced. I'm wondering if there is
something
>wrong with the fluid they put in. I have a V8 with an automatic trans. The
>rest is in my sig. Thanx.
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