4doorXLT
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Right after I install a new engine LOL, Murphy is alive and well.
After doing a bunch of reading I'm unsure of my next move. I have no slipping issues, I have no 2nd to 3rd gear issues but I do have a flashing O/D light.
On my way for a LONG trip, 150 miles in I notice a flashing O/D light but I'm running down the highway fine. Time for a break, we pull into a small town and I feel a harsh drop (clunk) into 1st gear. Have our lunch, started the truck put it in drive and it clunked (harsh) into 1st. At this point I thought strange but pushed forward. Next town O/D light still blinking I have serious clunking and serious concerns shifting up and down. I started shifting in second prior to a stop sign or red light etc. Once fully stopped I would put it in drive and that helped with the clunking. On the highway if I pushed the O/D switch on the selector it would shift and my RPM's would increase and decrease but I was definitely running at higher RPM's. 60 mile an hour was 2500 RPM. I still have over 600 miles to go at this point......... We made it. I see the sign, fun fly here with an arrow. I slowed down, made the turn, slowed down again and made the next turn and my son said, "hey, it never clunked". He was right. The next day I had to make a beer run, jumped in, it never clunked. Drove down the highway with a flashing O/D light. After 10 miles or so the light went out. I pulled into the liquor store etc, I thought what the heck and dropped it into drive, smooth, left the parking lot and it shifted great, smooth no light etc. Next day, took a drive into another town, no flashing light, very smooth shifting, 60 mile an hour was back to 2-2100 RPM and I was smiling. A few days later we leave for home. 400 miles and all is fine. Stop at Tim Hortens, leave, O/D light flashed the rest of the way home. Different though, no clunking with semi smooth shifts but I was back to 2500 RPM at 60 mile an hour!
If you read all this, thanks.
Almost sounds like a torque converter and solenoid pack issue. I'm guessing she is just done. There is 100k on this tranny no towing. Fluid is clear!
Whatcha think?
After doing a bunch of reading I'm unsure of my next move. I have no slipping issues, I have no 2nd to 3rd gear issues but I do have a flashing O/D light.
On my way for a LONG trip, 150 miles in I notice a flashing O/D light but I'm running down the highway fine. Time for a break, we pull into a small town and I feel a harsh drop (clunk) into 1st gear. Have our lunch, started the truck put it in drive and it clunked (harsh) into 1st. At this point I thought strange but pushed forward. Next town O/D light still blinking I have serious clunking and serious concerns shifting up and down. I started shifting in second prior to a stop sign or red light etc. Once fully stopped I would put it in drive and that helped with the clunking. On the highway if I pushed the O/D switch on the selector it would shift and my RPM's would increase and decrease but I was definitely running at higher RPM's. 60 mile an hour was 2500 RPM. I still have over 600 miles to go at this point......... We made it. I see the sign, fun fly here with an arrow. I slowed down, made the turn, slowed down again and made the next turn and my son said, "hey, it never clunked". He was right. The next day I had to make a beer run, jumped in, it never clunked. Drove down the highway with a flashing O/D light. After 10 miles or so the light went out. I pulled into the liquor store etc, I thought what the heck and dropped it into drive, smooth, left the parking lot and it shifted great, smooth no light etc. Next day, took a drive into another town, no flashing light, very smooth shifting, 60 mile an hour was back to 2-2100 RPM and I was smiling. A few days later we leave for home. 400 miles and all is fine. Stop at Tim Hortens, leave, O/D light flashed the rest of the way home. Different though, no clunking with semi smooth shifts but I was back to 2500 RPM at 60 mile an hour!
If you read all this, thanks.
Almost sounds like a torque converter and solenoid pack issue. I'm guessing she is just done. There is 100k on this tranny no towing. Fluid is clear!
Whatcha think?
