I am new to the forum... I hope you guys can help me. I Posted my problem awhile back on the Forums and i got some posts confirming that people thought my problem was with the transmission control solenoid. I have a recap of the previous post here at the END of this thread to give you an idea about what I am dealing with. My main concern now is that I changed out the Solenoid this weekend, but I still have the same problem. The car seems to shutter less than it did before, but the shutter is not completely gone. So now I Have no Idea what to do. It may not even be any better as the part was just changed and I have not had ample time to drive it 100 miles.
My tranny has a square pan so Its a 7004r Right?
It has over drive, drive, D1, and D2 on the column. I had to take the pan off twice this weeked as the people from autozone thought I had the other tranny(400-4r). and the solenoid I got is installed with shims with the 400-4r and without shims on the 700-4r. I installed it both ways and got the shudder with both. The shims are washers that install between the solenoid bracket and the tranny case (in effect it spaces the solenoid down about an 1/8" or lowers the solenoid about 1/8")
I purchased the Rosta Transmission Sloenoid 52-0203 from autozone $29.99
Could the solenoid be bad? Is this the correct solenoid for my Transmission? could the tranny still act funny if the connections were not made correctly? I have the correct wires hooked together, but I have never used the screw type connectors provided with the Rosta Solenoid. I was not able to get the connectors to completely screw in. The wires would not pull apart, but it worries me that the connectors did not screw all the way down like the instuctions told me they should. Can I use regular crimp connections for those wires in the tranny pan?
Also how is the TCC suppose to fit inside the tranny. When I put the new one in.. I kinda had to push it through a opening that had alittle resistance once past the resistance I had to push it up another 1/4"-1/2" or so to attach the mounting bracket. I wonder if the solenoid is suppose to make a seal with the opening that I had to push it up through? I have no idea I am just trying to describe everything so I can get a Good answer... I am much better at pulling the tranny pan now, but I really do not want to have pull it 6 more times... Any help you guys can give me would be great.
I guess the main thing I need to figure out is whether I have the tranny identified correctly and if the part I have is the correct one. I went to the Rosta Transmission Solenoid Website
http://www.rostra.com/ and found that they also have a anti-bleed type solenoid for this kind of tranny. Do I need that one?
Thank you very much.
I have a 1988 caprice 4.3L TBI with 130k miles. My main problem with the car is that lately I have been getting a shutter in the car when starting from a complete stop or when getting on the highway. The car looses power and acts like the car is going to die and I have to completely let off the gas and then try to accelerate again...
Sometimes I must let off the gas like 5 or 6 times to get the car to
stop acting this way or once I get the car up to about 35-45mph.