[DML] Re: Automatic transmission shifting erratically...

["Elvis" <elvisnocita@xxxxxx>]

I had about ten Governors to fix so far and believe me - even
if you have a new one or a lately fixed one - NOBODY can
guarantee you that this thing is going to work for the next 
xx years.

The solder joints on these two PCB's inside the governor
fail very often which causes that erratic behaviour.

Good thing is - they are cheap to fix. 

I heared of several different projects where people
wanted to replace these governors. what happened to them ?

I bet most of them learned that it isn't simple to make 
sure that this thing won't shift down from third to second 
or first at high speeds. It sounds easy, but it isn't.

Fred - have your governor tested !

Elvis & 6548 (5 speed :-))

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "delorean_pilot" <fred50fred@...> 
wrote:
>
> My '82 automatic was in storage for 3 years due to a frozen 
caliper - 
> I could move it out of the garage and back in once a month to keep 
> things lubricated but that was it. Anyway, I just had the brakes 
> fixed day before yesterday at a shop a block away from where I 
live. 
> Driving back I noticed the transmission is acting a little funny. 
It 
> will shift at about 2000 rpm to 2nd (I suppose it's 2nd) but it 
won't 
> go into 3rd until 4000 rpm and after that it seemed to want to hang 
> up in 2nd. That was in about a mile of driving around the 
> neighborhood. 
> 
> I don't want to drive it too much if theres a problem with it. 
Maybe, 
> on the other hand, it just needs to be exercised and all will be 
> fine? What do you guys advise? 
> 
> Trans fluid is at or a little above mid line when warmed up and 
it's 
> red. The governor and solinoids were all replaced at 11k miles and 
> the transmission was rebuilt about 15 years ago - now it's got 
about 
> 15k miles on the rebuild and new gov. I guess only about 1k miles 
> were put on in the last 10 years. The inside still looks new. I 
want 
> it to drive like new as well.
> 
> Thanks, Fred
>




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