[DML] Re: Questions on automatic transmissions

["stitsien" <stitsien@xxxxxxxx>]

I agree 100% with David, Bob get your car to a Delorean vendor ASAP 
before it comes to the point of it just being cheaper to replace the 
entire thing. I believe it was David but it may have been someone 
else here that had a circuit diagram to test you transmission 
computer. I used to have it but after I checked mine and updated my 
comp just to be safe I tossed it.

Matt Stits,
Vin 0789 Currently for sale.

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx> 
wrote:
> 
> 
> Whenever the subject of "MY automatic transmission is [fill in the
> blank] the first thing you should do is a fluid level check and ALL
> the external adjustments. Do a complete visual inspection looking 
for
> leaks, vacuum hoses missing, etc. Next step is to pull the pan and
> inspect the pan for debris. Clean or change the filter, gasket, and
> fluid. In many cases you're done. If that doesn't do it you need to
> have the shift computer looked at or replaced. If none of this helps
> then the trans must be removed and rebuilt. Anyone who says they can
> do the rebuild for $800 has NO IDEA what they are in for and it will
> cost WAY more. Just a rebuild of all the "soft" parts with the labor
> is worth $1,000 and that would be without doing the torque converter
> or the labor to remove and replace. If any "hard" parts are bad it 
can
> get very expensive quickly, like gears, drums, bearings, castings,
> etc. BTW unless the shop has the special tool kit it will be near
> impossible for them to properly set up all of the internal 
clearances,
> let alone disassemble and reassemble the internals without damaging
> things. Many of the seals and other parts they would need are not
> easily obtainable through the ordinary sources like Fastco and 
others.
> They would quickly see they are in over their heads and would have 
to
> send the trans to a Delorean vender. Your transmission is definately
> not running like it should and in general it is not good to drive it
> like that, you could be doing damage the more you drive it which 
will
> result in a more expensive rebuild.
> David Teitelbaum
> vin 10757
> 
> 
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "stitsien" <stitsien@xxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > My D shifts like any other auto IMHO, it's not light but it's not 
> > hard either.  It's been my observation that when they shift 
poorly 
> > either too soft or hard something is very very wrong inside. It 
may 
> > not fail for quite some time but when it does the damage will 
have 
> > been preventable by just pulling the trans and fixing/adjusting 
> > what's needed in the first place. That being said also check and 
make 
> > sure your computer is shifting properly.
> > 
> > Matt Stits,
> > Vin 0789 Currently for sale.
> > 
> > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Enid/Jeremiah 
> > <hispanicangeleyes@xxxx> wrote:
> > > 
> >








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