Not a good sound..

[silverbullet04]

If you like great cheesecake check out the Whistle Stop bakery right near Sonny's on the other side of the street.

I'm very familiar with that spot! My family and I have had it many times. It's great!

 

[DrivenDaily]

They're "only" about 3½ hours from me. My transmission is not "bad", but has a clunk if I almost come to a stop and then add throttle. It acts like it has to shift down a gear or two and then slams into it.

 

[silverbullet04]

They're "only" about 3½ hours from me. My transmission is not "bad", but has a clunk if I almost come to a stop and then add throttle. It acts like it has to shift down a gear or two and then slams into it.

I had that exact issue and it never got better, even with new fluid and the transgo shift kit. The transgo kit only fixed the hard shift from 2nd to 3rd. The only way I was able to avoid that clunk/bang, was to always come to a complete stop then go. Your transmission will probably self destruct like mine did. Just give it time and baby it like I did mine.

 

[DrivenDaily]

I had that exact issue and it never got better, even with new fluid and the transgo shift kit. The transgo kit only fixed the hard shift from 2nd to 3rd. The only way I was able to avoid that clunk/bang, was to always come to a complete stop then go. Your transmission will probably self destruct like mine did. Just give it time and baby it like I did mine.

Thank you for those insightful words!

That kinda tips me from this fence I'm sitting on. I'll start saving up some $$$ and see about getting an appointment while I can still drive it there.

For me, so long as the rest of the car remains usable, it's cheaper than replacing the car and starting all over again. It rides so nice and gets such good mileage, plus all the money I've already spent on keeping it viable: new tires, new WS, new water pump and metal elbows, new t-stat and hoses, new serp belt.

And as Yul Brenner once said in The King and I: "Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera."

 

[02LTD2.0]

I had the same symptoms of a slip and a slamming back into gear unless I came to a full stop. The TransGo shift kit solved the lazy 1 to 2 and 2 to 3 shifts but didn't solve the clunk. It's possible that the tranny mounts were THAT bad but I really don't know.

 

[silverbullet04]

I had the same symptoms of a slip and a slamming back into gear unless I came to a full stop. The TransGo shift kit solved the lazy 1 to 2 and 2 to 3 shifts but didn't solve the clunk. It's possible that the tranny mounts were THAT bad but I really don't know.

Yea same here. Your transmission was just tired like mine.

 

[silverbullet04]

Thank you for those insightful words!

That kinda tips me from this fence I'm sitting on. I'll start saving up some $$$ and see about getting an appointment while I can still drive it there.

For me, so long as the rest of the car remains usable, it's cheaper than replacing the car and starting all over again. It rides so nice and gets such good mileage, plus all the money I've already spent on keeping it viable: new tires, new WS, new water pump and metal elbows, new t-stat and hoses, new serp belt.

And as Yul Brenner once said in The King and I: "Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera."

That's why im replacing the transmission. Once this is fixed, the car is good to go for the long run.