j602
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- April 11, 2004
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- City, State
- Dothan, AL
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '92 XLT
I tried to leave the school parking lot this afternoon and my transmission would not engage into reverse. I put it in drive and it went into gear fine and I drove home. As I got into the driveway, I put it into reverse to back up, and nothing happened. This had never happened before, but the transmission has been slipping a good bit in the mornings, or when it's cold. I went through the gears, and from what I can tell, Park and Reverse are parking gears, and Neutral through 1 (Drive) are drive gears. No reverse. I'm not completely sure on this though. I pulled the pan and immediately knew something was up, since the fluid was dark brown and smelled unusual. It did not smell burnt, but more like motor oil. I looked and smelled closely, and it looks like it's been sucking motor oil into the tranny. I also pulled off the reverse servo and the O rings look ok, as well as the the entire valve body being very clean. There were also no metal shavings or debris in the pan, so I assume that's a good thing. Any help would be appreciated, and I just need some more input before I go off to get a new filter and fluid and put it back together to try it one more time. Thanks in advance.