Sorry if this has been brought up already, but i don't really have time to look for it. So here's the problem. My transmission keeps slipping out of 3rd gear so i have to drive in 2nd gear and earlier this afternoon i started it and every time i put it in reverse, drive, 2nd, or 1st gear, it shuts off. Please don't tell me the only option i have is to get a new tranny.

Thanks

 

Your second problem sounds like Idle Air Control Value/Mass Air Filter problem to me. Try cleaning it. you can do it by searching the older threads, it has instructions to do so.

 

i just cleaned it the other day so i don't think that's it

 

how violently does it shut off?

 

it shakes the whole car pretty roughly

 

and it snaps off very quickly or fights and fizzles out. if it snaps off suddenly there's a rogue chance that your tqconverter is locking up when it shouldn't. the odds are slim, but it is possible, if there's a wiring fault or hydraulic failure of some sort.

 

it kinda fizzles out quickly. haha

 

if you get it to stay running somehow does it drive in a manner that is very jerky and harsh, almost like it's a manual?

 

yes

 

and if you come to a stop does it kickdown through the gears (od to 1st around 1100rpm) roughly, and then just die when the car stops?

 

yes

 

i just started it and put it in drive and it seems fine now

 

Read this - most likely the same situation and possible temp cure, delaying the inevitable

 

thanks, i want to get a 5-speed anyway, but i dont have any extra cash

 

UPDATE:

tranny seems to slip into neutral changing from 2nd into 3rd gear, but only when the engine is cold.
any suggestions greatly appreciated.
thanks.

 

do you think the soft or firm shifting options on automatics would have anything to do with it ?

 

say wha?

 

there's no such option..... what are you talking about?

comfort/power? has nothing to do with soft or firm. all that controls is what rpm it shifts at

 

your trans is toast.
you can try to extend it's life a little with some fresh fluid and some lucas.

 

Sound's like my car, months after a bought it. You're tranny's giving you the slip = rebuild.

 

removing the harness for the line pressure resistor might work....
or try to have the shift cable between D and 2 and see what happens.

 

would it be easier and or less expensive to do a 5-speed swap?

 

that's an express trip to the tranny graveyard, mang

slightly less expensive but not necessarily easier. depends how easily you can get your hands on all the swap items. and whether or not you feel like driving a stick all the time.

 

^^ i kno, i kno but it seems he's showing symptoms of the tranny goin.
my ve did the same thing...

 

well if the tranny is going then no need to play with anything... just replace.

 

but the problem is i am a little tight on money right now.