Re: IML: Transmission woes on '90 Imp

["Jeffrey M. Fastov" <jfastov@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

isnt there a recall on 90's imps transmissions that is still in effect.
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From: "Jason Wulf" <jrwulf@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 3:44 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Transmission woes on '90 Imp


> Tim,
> 
> I also own a 90 Imperial with transmission woes, and I'll simply relay
> to you everything I've heard.  I don't know what's fact or fiction,
> because it all seems to have merit, and different shops that I talk to
> have different theories as to exactly what's causing it, but they all
> lead directly to a rebuild.
> 
> I know for a fact (i had a shop plug his tool into the diag port) that
> my clutches are way out of spec tolerance.  On his tool, normal
> tolerance was "70-90", and the readout of my clutches was in the
> neighborhood of 160.  I've also heard that some of the solenoids could
> be plugged, and it's possible that someone sometime put Dexron in it.
> 
> --This brings me to a brief aside, but I just want to make sure that
> you did put Mopar 7176 (ATF+3) in when you flushed it, right?  I've
> read horror stories about people that were told Dexron III was good
> enough, and 10,000 miles after their rebuild the tranny went again.
> 
> I've also been told that my seals are probably shot, causing incorrect
> pressures.  I just did a fluid flush/fill myself, and now when the car
> is bone cold the transmission shifts into gear great in the morning. 
> After it's warmed up, if i let it sit for about 20 minutes it'll take
> sometimes 15 seconds to get into gear.  This leads me to believe that
> it's the seals, but I have no real technical knowledge about this
> transmission, and after looking at exploded diagrams of the
> million-billion parts inside, I think I might just best leave it to
> the 'pros.' =)
> 
> 
> Hope this helps,
> -Jason Wulf
> 
> 
> On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:23:36 -0800 (PST), Tim Clevenger
> <tjclevenger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > My wife took the '90 Imp down the hill to go shopping.
> > While driving, the transmission started slipping badly.
> > This was accompanied by a whining sound, and a few
> > seconds later, by a "Check Trans" message in the Message
> > Center.  She figured out that if she shut the car off and
> > started it back up, she'd get a good 10 seconds out of the
> > transmission before it ran out of power again, so she was
> > able to nurse it the 100 yards to the nearest parking lot.
> > 
> > We had the car towed home, and it seemed to run okay when
> > cooled down, though we only ran it long enough to get from
> > the street to the driveway.  I've had problems in the past
> > with the car hesitating for up to 30 seconds when I shift
> > it into Drive when first starting up.  Fluid level is
> > normal, the fluid smells okay, and it was just changed
> > 4,000 miles ago.
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Tim
> > 
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