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Re: Heavy shift from 4th to 3rd
Posted by ACP [Email] (more from ACP) on Thu, 15 Feb 2001 17:25:44
In Reply to: Heavy shift from 4th to 3rd, JohnC, Thu, 15 Feb 2001 16:33:08
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John: If this is the original AT with 185K miles, I'd say the former owner(s)got more than their money's worth. I had similar symptoms on an '88 9ks several years ago with about 130K miles, and was told I needed a trans/rebuild by our local indy (at about $2K to $2.5K). I soon found myself using 4th only as an "over-drive" on turnpike cruising (but being careful to manually downshift to third without any load on the engine if I anticipated a stop or shift approaching), but usually just kept the shifter in 3rd in city traffic. Although a nuisance to be sure, these gyrations seem to hold the trans together for another year or so without too much loss in gas mileage until I sold the car. Yours may have already passed this stage of progressive failure, but might be worth a shot.
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