I notice that my tranny really needs to be warm to do any kind of 3/4-wot runs. If not...it takes 3x as long to make the shift from 1 to 2. I think most of ours do this so I'm not worried.

I do however worry about the long term life of the tranny. For some reason i think Kaleb said they changed a part in the 92+ autos so the are a somewhat more solid. I baby my car most of the time but I do like to get on it every once in a while. I guess I'm just wondering cuz I hear about people like MATT how sounds like he's quite hard on the car and yet he is well over 100K.

 

I got mine rebuilt about 5k ago and have been pretty hard on it...im gona stop doing it as much though because i need it to last me thru college

 

after the thrid I toned it done a little, but its so hard not blow down the road at times. but remeber the 92+ trannys were built better like you said, thats probably why Matt can beat up on his tranny more!!!

 

and I have a 93 Max, tranny went out fairly quick at only 86k miles, I'm over 96k now, so far so good, at first i thought it was still bad but the hesitation i am getting is from somewhere else, that can also be a cause for my poor gas milage... I will confess, I did maybe 2-4 neutral drops since my rebuilt, I drive pretty hard half of the time, but it is still in good shape so far..... hope it lasts me a while if I will hold on to the car.
Tranny cooler coming soon!

 

I'm not to sure of the theory that you guys say that the 92+ tranny's were stronger.I have a 92 and I have had it rebuilt at least 10 times and thats no joke. Now I know that not everyone has gone through the same problems as me but all years are weak. I have had numerous tranny's in the car and not just the one original. I have had 3 seperate tranny's that were rebuilt 3 times or more each. I cant stand thge shi**y tranny's we have but I do love the fact that the engine can take a beating. All I can say is that if you do have a tranny that goes bad make sure you take it to a place with a good warrenty. Expect to take it back in the near future.

 

I had 150K miles on my stock auto tranny on my 90 SE. I was pretty harsh too. I would street race every weekend, accidentally neutral dropped twice, drag race atleast 2 times a month, hit redline in 1st & 2nd gear 5-6 times a daily, burnouts every once in a while, plus highway racing late at night when the roads are empty. So I guess you couls say that my tranny took a severe beating.. but it never failed on me! 150,000 miles for a stock tranny is pretty good. I got the car when it had only 30,000 miles.

Nevin

 

I have my orginal tranny at 120+K and still going. Question tho, I have trouble sometimes putting my car into D from a cold start in the morning. SOmetimes I have to put her in 2nd then pop in D to get it moving. Im thinking its the shift linkage.....any ideas???

Oh yea, its an auto...wishing it was a 5 speed

 

linkage or shifter bushing! first it was my bushings and next my mechanic said it was the linkage, got bot replaced, worked like a charm!!!!!

 

147k on the odo. I do much of the same things Skymax said except taking it to the track. And it's still going strong.

Sometimes you just gotta drive them like you hate them and they'll last longer.
-shrug-

 

98K on mine....

once i got the CAI i was harsh on it...10 or more WOT runs a day...bad me...1 accidental neutral drop (adrenaline took over)....and a day at the track...since the track runs i've been babying it

similar symptoms to you mike....very slow 1 to 2 shift when cold...once warmed up it seems to be fine...

 

140k, still doin fine, not even any slippage, and i dont think the people before me replaced anything. they were nice to it though, but so am i, except when i get excited, or bored like tonight on ym way home, hit 5k from everystop light on the way home, i dont like redlining it all the way unless im racing, 5k is good enough