Is my transmission about to bite the big one?

[Professur]

There are usually small magnets in the housing to catch any metal flecks at first. The oil pan too.

 

[flurffmeister]

Makes it kind of hard to tell whether there's metal shavings in the tranny fluid then, huh?

 

[PT]

If you've got a big problem, the magnets won't catch it all. That's why I asked.

 

[flurffmeister]

Ah, I see.

Well, so far the slipping has only happened at high acceleration, not with the way I normally drive. My dad says it could be something very simple like the gear shifting thingy not finding the right mesh or something. Does that make any sense?

 

[PT]

Nope.

That is strange though, normally transmission problems start at the low end of the gears. When you go to start your motor revs but doesn't shift into low. Don't know, what year of car is it?

 

[flurffmeister]

'94

145692 miles on the tranny, i'd guess around 30-40k on the engine

 

[PT]

Well, I'd go ahead and take it to a mechanic. Make sure he's got the diagnostic computer, they can hook it up and tell you exactly what is wrong, and about how long it will last if you don't fix it now, or what it will tear up if you don't fix it now. Definitely one of those things that if it is starting to go, get something done now, it will cost alot less to make a small repair than to swap transmissions.

 

[PT]

145692 miles on the tranny

Well, what model is it? Dodge trannys do pretty good to get 100k on them, My Suburban has 200,000 on it and hasn't slipped a bit.

 

[flurffmeister]

Good idea. I'm gonna go cash my last paycheck and take it in.

 

[Professur]

Noooooo. Do not take it to a mechanic. Take it to a tranny shop.

 

[Inkara1]

Is the top of the white "testing" part of the dipstick the "full" line? Or are the "full" and "add" line both within this white area? If a tranny is too full, that's bad for it too.

 

[flurffmeister]

it's past the full line on the dipstick

 

[tommyj27]

Well, what model is it? Dodge trannys do pretty good to get 100k on them, My Suburban has 200,000 on it and hasn't slipped a bit.

We have a plymouth voyager that went throught 4 trannies in the first 80000mi. had to have it rebuilt a year or two ago at around 140000

 

[flurffmeister]

Well, what model is it?

You're talking to a guy who's not even been driving it for a year. All I know is that it's the one that comes in all Ford '94 T-bird LX's with V8's