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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / December 20071992 Ford Mustang transmission.
Hello! My boyfriend owns a 1992 Ford Mustang. It is 4 cylinder and has an automatic transmission. I'm sorry, but don't know the specific engine type. He had the gas tank replaced last November and a head gasket replaced this past February. After the engine work, the car began to "chug" (jerk like it had a jackhammer in the back) at a maintained speed. Accelerating slightly would fix the problem temporarily. And once or twice, it would stall after coming to a stop. The car has been "chugging" more frequently, and last night stalled twice. He has thrown up his arms and cried that it needs a new transmission and plans to take the poor car to AAMCO tomorrow! This comes after repeated attempts on my part to try to get him to put some dry gas in the tank. This does not sound at all like a transmission problem to me, but rather something to do with condensation somewhere in the engine. Even if it is the transmission, I cant see this being a problem only solved by total replacement. Can anyone help to point me in the right direction on this one? >My boyfriend owns a 1992 Ford Mustang. It is 4 cylinder and has an >automatic transmission. I'm sorry, but don't know the specific engine [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >speed. Accelerating slightly would fix the problem temporarily. And >once or twice, it would stall after coming to a stop. He needs to take it back to the guy that did the engine work, because it either wasn't done right or something wasn't assembled properly afterward. The first thing I would do is look for a serious vacuum leak somewhere. Has he pulled the codes off the computer, and if so, what are they? The computer codes are the first step toward finding it. >The car has been "chugging" more frequently, and last night stalled >twice. He has thrown up his arms and cried that it needs a new [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >a problem only solved by total replacement. Can anyone help to point >me in the right direction on this one? No, it doesn't sound like a transmission issue, in all probability. BUT, this could be a good opportunity to have the automatic transmission swapped out for a manual. It's a tragedy to have a Mustang with an automatic in it. After he puts a nice manual transmission in there then he can go around with the propane torch and find the vacuum leak. --scott  Signature"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." Thank you very much! He still insists that it's the transmission, which is due for a good flush right about now anyway, so at least he'll get that taken car of. Your suggestion seems right on the money, but he wont believe that his sweet lackey mechanic (who is not mustang specific) could do his car wrong. So I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens now. At least I've managed to talk him out of going to AAMCO. He's looking for local independent transmission repair shops right now. Thanks again! -Mary > At least I've managed to talk him out of going to > AAMCO. He's looking for local independent transmission repair shops > right now. You are some girlfriend! Not many would know to aviod AAMCO. AAMCO is famous for doing shoddy work at execptionally high prices. And it does sound like you ned to find a good mechanic for engine work. >Thank you very much! > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >AAMCO. He's looking for local independent transmission repair shops >right now. You need to dump this guy right off. Anybody who would buy a Mustang with an automatic is not somebody you want to be going out with. One of the issues with the automatic is that it's harder to decouple engine and transmission problems from one another. So this COULD turn out to be a transmission issue, though it's unlikely. And a transmission shop will almost certainly think it is, because when the tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. --scott Signature"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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