I have a 94 GXE with 60K on it. The 1-2 shift is much softer than the other shifts. It doesn't matter what the throttle position is or the revs. The car has always been very gently driven. The transmission has never been serviced. Any ideas?

 

check your fluid...you might wanna consider a changeover or flush, if not already.

 

I'm somewhat in the same boat. I have a 94 SE with 154,000 miles and the 1-2 shift is kind of hard (sometimes). But every other shift is perfect. I'm not sure what to do, I've hear not to flush the transmision when its acting up though. A mechanic told me that if you fluch the transmision when its acting up you will send it to the grave express delivery. Another mechanic told me to try a addative called Trans X wit the exsisting fluid. I guess we will see.

 

Both of you should be doing a tranny drain and fill on a regular basis (yearly). And if you listen to your mechanic you'll surely be replacing the tranny, so do it anyway. The tranny filter for the VG is not serviceable and the filter for the VE is a metal mesh filter and probably does not need replacing.


Gjohnson, for hard shifts like that you should also check the 'dropping resistor', for the VE engine its located under the 'air intake filter box', I dont know where its located in the VG. Also another thing to check is the two shift selector bushings, one is located where the shift cable meets the tranny and the other is located at the begining of the cable and its located/accessible by removing the heat shield above the cat. convertor. They are known to break and fall off the car, and this will leave a lot of play in the shift lever so the tranny will not be in the correct mode during normal driving, I have also noticed that at cruising speeds the rpm will be almost 200rpm above what it normally is.

 

I just bought this 94 a week ago and the guy I bought it from told me that the tranny hadn't ever been serviced as far as he knew. So, you don't think a drain in fill would damage anything. If so I'll give it a try. Also, what exactlly am I looking for when checking the dropping resistor and shift selector bushings. I do know that it is really hard to shift the car in and out of park. Sorry, I'm kind of new to this.