Re: Trans Shuddering at 167,000 help please??

From: Bernd D. Ratsch (bernd@texas.net)
Date: Fri Oct 10 2003 - 00:59:59 EDT


BTW: Color means nothing anymore with the newer fluids/ Change them
every 15 or 30K miles (which ever maintenance schedule your vehicle
falls under) - Schedule "A" or "B".

- Bernd

On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 23:51, Gary Hedlin wrote:
> Ok... Heres one for you guys!!
>
> I was comming home a few nights ago, and I noticed the transmission
> shuddering intermitently. It hapened twice on a hour-and-a-half trip, about
> halfway through... but hasnt done so since. The shudders lasted about a
> second and then went back to normal.
>
> I took the truck out on the highway today, drove it for about an hour, but
> could not replicate the shudders. I'm wondering what it could be... I
> changed the trans fluid last December using ATF+4, and the fluid level
> looked OK when I checked it today.....not sure what color the ATF+4 should
> be though.
>
> What causes a transmission to shudder annyway?? I'm hoping this is
> something simple that can be fixed for the time being.
>
> Thanks in Advance,



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