95 ESCORT AUTO TRANS NOT PUMPING TO COOLER LINES...

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septicman@peoplepc.com - 14 Apr 2008 14:59 GMT

Instead of dropping the pan, I disconnect the cooling hose to the
radiator and pump out 3-4 quarts of dirty fluid. This has worked fine
on all my cars. Now, with a car I just bought, no fluid is pumping
out to the radiator. I did drop the pan and change the filter. The
fluid was a very dark brown. Shifts in all gears, but car doesn't
move under 1,500 RPM.

Has anyone had any experience working on/fixing transmissions who
might offer suggestions? Thanks!

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zzyzzx - 14 Apr 2008 15:16 GMT

How many miles are on the car?
I'm guessing that you need a new transmission. Use your opportunity
while it is still drivable to get it to a shop.
Although your problem does not appear to be Escort specific, try
searching the fourms over at http://www.feoa.net to see if anyone
there knows any better.
The olt Escort specific problem that I can think of is a TSB for a
transmission drainback valve that needs to be installed becasue if you
do let the car sit for a few days it will slip for a couple of minutes
nex time you start it.

Consider a junkyard transmission. These cars drop valve seats like
mad and a lot of people junk the car at that point. There should be
plenty of good transmissions to be gotten in theory.

For what its worth, my 1995 Escort LX has about 164,5000 miles in it
with still the original automatic transmission in it.

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