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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / November 2007

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700R4 won't stay in 4th

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defsegx@gmail.com - 13 Nov 2007 02:10 GMT
Well the title pretty much says it all.

My situation: I purchased a car a month or so ago, it has a 700R4 with
everything hydraulic. Even the lock-up of the TC is hydraulically
controlled. Well, it wouldn't lock up the TC, and my friend suggested
I check the fluid level. Sure enough, it was about 3/4 of a quart low!
I filled it up to normal levels, and now it has another problem. It
won't stay in 4th gear.

If I accelerate at a normal speed up to like 60, it stays in 3rd until
I let off the gas, then drops to 4th and as long as I don't give it
much gas stays there. But the minute I give it just a little gas (not
much) it drops back down to 3rd. When I'm up around 70+, it won't even
hold 4th at just enough gas to hold cruise. It keeps dropping down to
3rd. Let alone bridges, it drops to 3rd there when it sees them a mile
away.

I really have no idea what's causing this. I thought maybe the TV
cable, so I adjusted the slider in and out and it seems to do it
either way.

Any ideas?

Thanks
-Josh
Steve Austin - 13 Nov 2007 12:45 GMT
> Well the title pretty much says it all.
>
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> Thanks
> -Josh

Any problems with second gear?
defsegx@gmail.com - 29 Nov 2007 16:50 GMT
No problems with 2nd gear, works great. As for the TV cable, i never
drove it with it REALLY lose. I have always had it positioned for the
right mph shifts really. Someone told me that maybe my 2/4 band is
bad, and maybe 4th just can't put enough pressure on it to make it
hold? I guess I'll have to take it to a tranny shop.
I'll be - 14 Nov 2007 12:28 GMT
> Well the title pretty much says it all.
>
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> Thanks
> -Josh

 The only thing I can think of that will make it downshift
early, is a weak spring in the valve body, or low TV
pressure.  If you've futzed with the TV cable, you should
have only pulled it out only to make it shift better.
giving it slack,(then driving on it) may have caused you
more problems.
 
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