Does anyone happen to know what the resistance of the line pressure resistor is supposed to be? I am talking about the resistor that some unplug to get faster shifts with their AT.
I just want to check if its within specs or not. It may be 10-15 Ohms but the member that said that wasn't sure. I checked Haynes and Chiltons and it's not there. If someone has a FSM and look it up I'd appreciate it...

 

12 Ohms

 

Thanks, Jime!
Since you knew that, perhaps you know this - would it matter if mine is 13 Ohms? I get harder than usual shifts.
Thanks again.

 

what is this? This is the first time i hearing about it...is this a MOD? whats its do and how hard is it to do?

 

I thought it was 12 kOhms

 

It must be 12 Ohms, not 12 kOhms because I checked mine yesterday and it was 13 Ohms. I doubt that it would drop from 13,000 Ohms to 13 Ohms if it was bad on my car and make shifts a little firmer - I think it would slam into each gear if difference was that big.

 

So it's supposed to be 12 Ohms and mine is 13 Ohms - that's almost 10% difference. Anyone think that 10 % would make any difference in smoothnes of the shifts?

 

My car shifts VERY hard into 2nd...I'm also curious about this

-Ryan

 

"Will the real AT expert please stand up,...!!"
Good; now sit down and tell me this:
Do you think a 10% increase in AT fluid line pressure would make a noticable difference in shifts

 

The difference between 12 and 13 Ohms will make no difference Zirafa. I have tried pretty well every resistance from 12 to 0 and 12 to 1000 to try and find a middle ground for the line pressure. Its not there, its either normal or full line pressure there is no in between using the drop resistor.

 

Thanks again, Jime!!!
That's all I wanted to know.

 

This is a mod, no its not hard, and it is only for automatic. From my understanding you install a switch to disconnect the resistor, well that's all I did. Go to mzmtg's homepage to see his picture of it. I think he was the first to do it, he also had a write up somewhere. Anyway cut either wire going to the litte metal resistor thing (on the drivers side strut tower), and install a switch inside the car. Mine is in the kick panel, mzmtg's is in his coin holder, jime's is a WOT switch (I think) so his set up is a little different Note: this can trip your MIL light, and the O/D light flashes a code on startup (after using it). Someone else add there imput if different.