TORQUE CONV CLUTCH PROBLEM

[brad king]

HEY EVERYONE OUT THERE. I HAVE GOT A 93 EXPLODER
WITH AN A4LD 4WD THE PROBLEM i AM HASVING IS THE TORQUE CONVERTER IS LOCKING UP TO SOON. EXAMPLE WHEN I AM DOING ABOUT 35-40 THE TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH WILL ENGAGE. AND WILL NOT DISENGAGE UNTILL I HIT 2ND GEAR. WHILE SLOWING. AND WHEN I GO TO PASS SOMEONE IT WILL DOWNSIFT FROM 4TH TO 2ND WHILE DOING 70 OR SO. NOW NORMALLY IF IT WAS THE SOLENOID STRICKING IT WOULD STALL THE MOTOR WHEN I WOULD COME TO A STOP. BUT IT DOES NOT. IF ANYBODY OUT THERE HAS ANY SUGGESTIONS I WOULD APPRICIATE VERY MUCH . ALSO I HAVE 165,000 MILES ON IT AND BOUGHT IT WITH 145,000 SO I DONT KNOW IF THE TRANNY HAS COME OUT BEFORE. THANKS

 

[MrShorty]

Check the wiring from the computer to the TCC solenoid in the tranny. I would guess you have a short somewhere in that wiring causing the TCC clutch to be engaged anytime the tranny is in 3 or 4.