RE: Transmissions

From: Dave Clement-LDC009 (Dave_Clement-LDC009@email.mot.com)
Date: Thu Jan 09 1997 - 08:25:13 EST


From: mahoneyr@syr.lmco.com@INTERNET on Thu, Jan 9, 1997 8:20 AM

>So.. I guess the obvious question to my Overdrive Shifting problem is...
>(This is based on reading all of the tranny posts) Is my problem -
contiuously
>shifting into and out of overdrive after a 20 minute high speed warmup -
>a transmission problem or is it a Engine problem and the tranny is actually
>doing what its supposed to (Shifting at the correct power points)? I do
seem
>to have a "lack of power" at times, but I'm not sure that this hasn't
always
>been like this. Stock Pickups with no mods are _not_ generally thought of
>as "muscle cars". Maybe the power characteristics are normal.

My 89 4x4 3.9l Auto does not take much in the way of a hill or additional
throttle to make it shift out of OD on the hi-way. I have considered it
normal for a vehicle that is approaching 4000lbs in weight with only a 125HP
motor.

Dave Clement
 



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