What is this, LeSabre timing option "WA2"?

[happydog500]

This makes seance now. It's not that the trans doesn't fit. It is the PCM is set for the gear ratio. I could get it flashed ($45 on eBay) but it would be better to get the right one to begin with.

I was doing OK until I saw the sub frame, with the other piece next to it. You have to unhook everything that goes to the piece next to the sub frame in the picture.

I keep running into something about these transmissions. It was something like a, Transmission valve problem. Have you ever herd about that? What happens to the valves?

What does "296" on your trans stand for?

I think I have a pretty high ratio, since my Dad got 31mpg. Best I've gotten is 28mpg with the old motor. 22 with the one I have now. The only time I checked was in the summer with A/C on tho.

Wish I could find another guy like me around here. When computers first got big, I did computer help. It was easy for me, I could not believe how much shops/stores charged for easy stuff.
I went around helping people for free. I just wanted to help people. A lot of older ones I helped.

In the winter, I go around and shovel snow, not charging anything. I walk around the neighborhood and ask if I can do their walkways.

The local gym is moving into a new building next week. I offered to volunteer to help move all the equipment. I don't want anything for it (owner says no, insurance won't cover if anything happens).

All my life I've had friends in need. When I help, they want to pay me. I tell them, I'm not going to charge for helping a friend.

An elderly lady in my apartment building needs a ride. One guy charges $10 to take her to the store. One time he couldn't go. She needed to get some food. I offered to take her. She asked if I would do it for the $10 (I think she thought I might charge more). I told her I wouldn't charge her. I'm not going to charge an elderly woman, who needs a ride 3 stop lights away.
I took her to the store, I got some things also. I came back, dropped her off at the door, then drove around back, parked the car, came up to my apartment. Took about a half hour. I'm not going to charge, like a 75 year old woman, $10 for that.

I know you have to charge money to do things (of course). A mechanic is something that is a skill. I just wish I could find a guy like me.

Chris.

[Jrs3800]

The " 296 " on the trans I really don't know about.. Not sure if there is a reason for it, maybe a sequence number... All of the Pump covers have a casting number for the various designs..

There is a lot to remove from the car... Its seems horrible bad, but after doing this many times its almost clockwork for me... I really hate dealing with them when the trans dies, but if it has to be done it has to be done...

I did the Buick LeSabre for free.. But he was a friend and Gave me my 95 Transport free... Trans was bad, but it was a Free Van... So I had no issue with helping him out of a bind.. His GF's car locked up a couple of months before that, so he was down to the Buick.. I was glad to be able to help him..

[happydog500]

Do you know what the, "Transmission Valve Problem" on this transmission is?

I had a dream last night.

I dreamed I went to a wrecking yard and got a transmission. I drove across the country, to Jrs3800's house. When I got there, everybody on the forums was there. It was all made up like a little kids birthday party (I know, it was just a dream).

We worked for two weeks. All kinds of stuff happened. When we where done, everybody was giving high fives, hugging and was happy.
When I tried it out, the trans was no good.

I woke up after that, all stressed out and not real bad, but kind of sick feeling, like emotions where screwed up.

Chris.

[Jrs3800]

The Valve body issue has to do with TCC Apply Valve wear in the valve body... In this case it will bypass some of the fluid pressure and allow the TCC to never fully lock causing the Torque Converter to slip.. If the slip is out of range of what the PCM sees you will set a P1870,Tran component slipping... The PCM my disable 4th gear and or TCC lock..

Hard to say what the issue is with your tho..

If you were here we would swap out the trans, and if it failed I would cry in an Unmanly fashion... Then I would have a few drinks and wake up the next day with a fresh mind, and pull the trans off its velcro tabs....LOL

[HotZ28]

Originally Posted by happydog500

I had a dream last night.

I dreamed I went to a wrecking yard and got a transmission. I drove across the country, to Jrs3800's house. When I got there, everybody on the forums was there. It was all made up like a little kids birthday party (I know, it was just a dream).

We worked for two weeks. All kinds of stuff happened. When we where done, everybody was giving high fives, hugging and was happy.
When I tried it out, the trans was no good.

I woke up after that, all stressed out and not real bad, but kind of sick feeling, like emotions where screwed up.

Chris.

Some info on the meaning of dreams! BTW, did you see me at this trans change party?

1. One-third of your lives is spent sleeping.

2. In an average lifetime, you would have spent a total of about six years of it dreaming. That is more than 2,100 days spent in a different realm!

3. Dreams have been here as long as mankind. Back in the Roman Era, striking and significant dreams were submitted to the Senate for analysis and interpretation.

4. Everybody dreams. EVERYBODY! Simply because you do not remember your dream does not mean that you do not dream. In fact, you have several dreams during a normal night of sleep.

5. Dreams are indispensable. A lack of dream activity can mean protein deficiency or a personality disorder.

6. On average, you can dream anywhere from one or two hours every night. Moreover, you can have four to seven dreams in one night.

7. Blind people do dream. Whether visual images appear in their dream depends on whether they were blind at birth or became blind later in life. But vision is not the only sense that constitutes a dream. Sounds, tactility, and smell become hypersensitive for the blind and their dreams are based on these senses.

8. Five minutes after the end of the dream, half the content is forgotten. After ten minutes, 90% is lost.

9. The word dream stems from the Middle English word, dreme which means "joy" and "music".

10. Men tend to dream more about other men, while women dream equally about men and women.

11. Studies have shown that your brain waves are more active when you are dreaming than when we are awake.

12. Dreamers who are awakened right after REM sleep, are able to recall their dreams more vividly than those who slept through the night until morning.

13. Physiologically speaking, researchers found that during dreaming REM sleep, males experience erections and females experience increased vaginal blood flow - no matter what the content of the dream. In fact, "wet dreams" may not necessarily coincide with overtly sexual dream content.

14. People who are giving up smoking have longer and more intense dreams.

15. Toddlers do not dream about themselves. They do not appear in their own dreams until the age of 3 or 4.

16. If you are snoring, then you cannot be dreaming.

17. Nightmares are common in children, typically beginning at around age 3 and occurring up to age 7-8.

18. In a poll, 67% of Americans have experienced Deja Vu in their dreams, occurring more often in females than males.

19. Around 3% of adults suffer from sleep apnea. This treatable condition leads to unexplained tiredness and inefficiency.

20. Research has shown that the house is the most common setting for dreams.

21. It is very normal for males to experience an erection during the REM stage of sleep, even when they are not dreaming anything of a sexual nature.

22. The original meaning of the word "nightmare" was a female spirit who besets people at night while they sleep. Source

[happydog500]

I was thinking about the transmission. What kind of things can you do with the transmission in the car? Could you fix the Valve body Problem? What about a TTC?

What other things? What can be done to a transmission in the car?

Chris.

[Jrs3800]

There isn't a lot that can be done with the trans in the car...

The Valve body has to come off to fix the issues it has.. The valve body can be removed with the trans in the car, but that would mean removing the bolts on the drivers side of the sub frame, and backing the ones on the passenger side out a bit to get the cradle( sub frame ) to lean enough to get the side pan off.. Its almost easier to remove the trans for service...

[happydog500]

Originally Posted by Jrs3800

Hmmm... well I understand where you are coming from... I still have my dads car... Just can't let it go...

Ok here is the deal... You can use another 4T60-E with a different gear ratio, but the PCM will not care for the different gear ratio and will have to be reflashed with the proper program for the gear ratio..

a lot of the 94-95 Transmissions with the 3.06 performance ratio used a 31 tooth reluctor wheel for the VSS( Vehicle Speed Sensor ) Pulse.. the 96-97 was usually a 30 count... this will throw of the True speed calibration off a hair.. This gear can be swapped out..

Its easiest to swap in the same ratio as you already have.. Most cost effective as well..

I should be asleep... But here goes...
This is the 93 Lesabre I put a 3.06 Trans into about 1 month ago..


My Redneck engine support...lol



What it looks like with the trans removed



This is the section of Sub frame I removed to get the trans out..



Here I had to swap out the internal wiring harness so that the 97 Trans would work with the 93's system..


In this pic the trans is bolted back onto the motor..




Heck even my 95 Pontiac Transport with the 3800 has had 2 Transmissions... I did them both...



The transmissions on these cars is not as easy as it looks... But its far from a nightmare.... Sounds to me they like to do the RWD transmissions.. I don't care to do them, but its not the worst...

If we really wanted to the trans could hit the ground and the replacement can go back in... Might be the second day before its moving under its own power tho... Too bad you don't live closer...

Why did you get rid of the pictures? Now people can't get the full benifit from what you posted.