Re: Delayed Upshift in '92 Dakota Club 4x2 318cid

From: Punch (2punch.crash2000@AHM.com)
Date: Mon Mar 03 2003 - 07:35:45 EST


"Dan Kramarsky" <dkramarsky68@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:20030303063900.16292.qmail@web41006.mail.yahoo.com...
>
> Hi all,
>
>
> Can anyone tell me if they have problems with the '92 Dak
> and 'delayed shift' in the auto tranny? Especially when the
> tranny is cold.
>
> Typical Symptom:
>
> I go out to the truck at 7:00am. It's about 35 to 40 degrees here in
> cali. So I start 'er up and let run for a few minutes. I pull out and
make
> it over to the freeway which takes about 5 minutes of city driving. I
pull on
> to the highway and get up to 70Mph but it's still in 3rd gear. I see
about
> 4300 RPMs on the tach. The only thing that gets it to kick up to 4th
gear is
> if I rev 'er up to about ~5000 RPM . Then it drops into 4th. After
that I
> have no problem for the rest of the day. It's just an early morning
thing.
>
> Fluid is pink and the right level.
>
> Anyone know of this?
>
> Also is anyone sure which tranny this is? Is it an A500?\\

I just posted a very similar problem with my 98 V6, and yep its seems to
only happen when its cold out (this morning was -35)

punch



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