88 cutlass shifting problems?

[|WYG|SS]

my friend has a 88 ciera with the 2.5l and recently i put a radiator in for him and his transmission lines are connected on the drivers side and i went to the junkyard and got one out of a newer cutlass and the trans. lines were on the passenger side and so i installed this one and got the lines to run to the passenger side and after all of that i had taken the car and drove it (giving it gas and flooring it) to see how it shifted and it shifted great. now just 3 days later the car doesn't shift right. the car will stay in 1st gear until 30mph and then take some time to get out of 2nd. i took the car on the highway and doesn't seem to go into 4th.(it is snowing today so i didn't go over 65) checked fluid and it seems good. fluid is moving though cooler good.

now when the car wont shift out of 1st i move shifter into 2nd then drive then it will shift. if i was in 1st at around 20mph i would move shifter all the way to 1st and through 2nd to drive it would not change. hope this is enough information.


if anyone can help that would be great.

[maxwedge]

Make sure the vacuum is reaching the modulator? I believe this trans has one.

[|WYG|SS]

well i found the problem it was the tv cable some how poped off of the linkage in the throttle body. well thanks for the reply.