Slow to engage after sitting
#1
Slow to engage after sitting
The only issue my transmission (3 speed automatic 1970 Cutlass S) has is: after sitting (like overnight) when I first try to go, I put it in reverse and it just sits for like 30 seconds before grabbing the gear and going...
Otherwise it operates normally--once it moves the first time, I can put it back into park and it will grab any gear I put it in
What is the most likely cause of this?
Otherwise it operates normally--once it moves the first time, I can put it back into park and it will grab any gear I put it in
What is the most likely cause of this?
#3
#5
Sounds like "morning sickness". Basically the transmissions internal seals are bad. They are too hard, especially when cold, this allows fluid to blow by until they warm up and become more flexible. Not enough line pressure is getting where it needs to be to shift.
#7
Fluid and filter change first. If that don't help, use the chemical.
Me wagon's T350 had an occasional delayed reverse, sometimes even after it warmed up. Also had a small leak around the selector lever seal. Dumped some TransMedic in it and it has gone away. Yeah, I know it's delaying the inevitable, but if a $10 can of joose will forestall an $800 trans job for a while, it's not a totally bad investment.
The expense doesn't bug me as bad as logistics of getting the car to the trans shop. Everything is closed and locked up when I leave for work, closed and locked up when I get home, and closed and locked up on Saturdays.
Me wagon's T350 had an occasional delayed reverse, sometimes even after it warmed up. Also had a small leak around the selector lever seal. Dumped some TransMedic in it and it has gone away. Yeah, I know it's delaying the inevitable, but if a $10 can of joose will forestall an $800 trans job for a while, it's not a totally bad investment.
The expense doesn't bug me as bad as logistics of getting the car to the trans shop. Everything is closed and locked up when I leave for work, closed and locked up when I get home, and closed and locked up on Saturdays.
#10
Would a shift kit help put off a tranny rebuild for a little while?
I like to recheck tranny fluid for a few days after a fluid change. Sometimes the fluid on the inside of the dipstick tube gets wiped on the dipstick on the way up and gives a false reading. After that slow moving fluid has finally ran down to the pan it's accurate.
I like to recheck tranny fluid for a few days after a fluid change. Sometimes the fluid on the inside of the dipstick tube gets wiped on the dipstick on the way up and gives a false reading. After that slow moving fluid has finally ran down to the pan it's accurate.
#11
Considering the fluid should be checked with the transmission hot/engine running, I don't see there being any slow moving fluid in the dipstick tube. At least I've never encountered this problem.
If it's consistent and only with the trans cold, I still vote hardened seals on the clutch apply pistons.
If it's consistent and only with the trans cold, I still vote hardened seals on the clutch apply pistons.
#12
I encounter it everytime i change tranny fluid. When the tranny gets hot I end up adding more fluid...down the tube. The fluid going into the dipstick tube is room temp. Oil just seems to move slow to me.
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