VADSLRAM

4 or 5 years ago I had the tranny rebuild and upgraded internals. It's been running great since then. The locking and unlocking stopped after I replaced the brake pedal switch.

But today on my way to work, it started up fine, ran and shifted fine until I stopped for a light about 10 minutes into the commute. When I stopped I noticed it was vibrating a bit and wanted to keep going. I had to really step on the brakes to not hit the guy in front of me. So I stuck it in neutral. It surged for a tiny bit then idled fine. Reved fine everything was normal. When I put it back into gear it jumped forward and stalled. I stuck it back in neutral and it started right back up and ran perfectly..until I put it in gear. then it jumped and stalled, like it was stuck in gear. I ran through all the gears, shifted back and forth, shut it down started in neutral and park, swore several times By then everyone was gone in front of me so I restarted it in idle, put it up to 1200 rpm and jammed in in Drive. It took off like it was kicked. I turned it around and headed home. It still shifts fine up and down, I can still feel the TC lock up at about 45 but when I stop it feels like the convertor is locking up.
I don't quite no where to start, other than a grand at a tranny shop which I'm not quite ready to do.

patdaly

Sounds like the TC solenoid is either bad, has a piece of grit on the seat keeping it from sealing, or the wiring has an issue.

VADSLRAM

Solved!!

I gave up and took it to the double A tranny shop.
Turns out there were some wires that had cracked insulation and were intermittently shorting. They patched the wires and cleared the codes...$190 later I am happily driving in all gears and actually stopping at lights again!

Mike L

Hello There! Thanks for posting your update. Did you have any specific information about which wires and where they were located? Inside the tranny, outside in a harness? Any info would be appreciated!

Mike

VADSLRAM

They said outside harness and speed sensor but as soon as I get a chance I'm going to crawl under her and see what patches they made. When I do I'll post photos.