Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 08:20 pm, by: James Harris(Haro)
perhaps your line pressure cable is too tight and needs to be adjusted.
Use the search function for a "how to" and hopefully that will help you out.
BUT REMEMBER - Do NOT loosen the cable too much as that will make your auto really sloppy between gear changes and probably cause your tranny to wear out quicker.
Welcome to the club mate ! We need more dirty NZ folk on the forum hahah
Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 09:48 pm, by: Thomas Holdaway(Tnt)
Would it be that? I may have been being silly the other weekend and dropped it from Neutral into Drive with several revvs on it... which i don't think it really appreciated very much.
Hi Thomas, you mention you haven't done a transmission flush since you bought the car. I got my v8 about 4 years ago and had never done a flush either - the fluid looked perfectly OK etc. Recently I decided to remove the transmission and change the crankshaft rear oil seal because there was some seepage from the bell housing. I did this over the last few days, changed the crankshaft oil seal, and also the transmission front oil seal, which was beginning to show signs of leakage. I took the opportunity to drain as much fluid out of the torque converter as I could. Then after putting everything back together I refilled with Type T4 fluid, put around 7 litres in to get the right level, so about a litre of the old fluid must still have been in the transmission. And the result? Feels like an overhauled transmission - smooth selection of R and D, seamless changes, and much more rapid throttle responses. So my advice is, go for that flush asap - I wish I'd done it ages ago!
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 06:20 pm, by: Candice Thomas(Lexusgirl)
my car does this still!! from Park to Drive...it jolts violently. and now just yesterday the thing went and fkd up even more!! would not change gears. i didn't know what the hell was going on??? I was accelerating revs going up to 4,000 but only going 40km....what do i need to do? Desperate please post some good advice only!!! CHEERS