Well, I think something wrong with my transmission… I was driving around yesterday, and my 1986 Grand Marquis refused to shift into the next gear at around 45mph. Sometimes it seemed to be able to do it on level ground, but on hills, it absolutely refused to.
Now I’m kind of hoping it’s a problem I can fix…
I’m looking at the TV cables, and I think I located all three of them. They’re right by the edge of the throttle body/slightly under it, right? I had to take out the air filter to see it properly….
Now the first one that I can see has a black plastic cover on the end, and a long thing black cover on the wire thing further towards the back. The second (heading towards the center of the car), has an uncovered spring/coil like thing that’s kind of rusted. The third one is more towards the center of the car, and is smaller than the others. I think the last one is the one that your supposed to replace the old crappy plastic bushing with the brass one… the only problem is that I can’t seem to locate the old plastic one… does anyone have a really clear photo of where it’s located in a 1986 Grand Marquis???
I would take a picture of the area I’m looking at with a digital camera, but I don’t have one…
I checked the trans fluid as well, and it’s a mildly dark red… looks okay, I guess.
The car will shift into reverse just fine as well, and will drive fine up until 45mph, then won’t go any faster. The engine will sound weaker when that happens…
Thank you for your help!
Now I’m kind of hoping it’s a problem I can fix…
I’m looking at the TV cables, and I think I located all three of them. They’re right by the edge of the throttle body/slightly under it, right? I had to take out the air filter to see it properly….
Now the first one that I can see has a black plastic cover on the end, and a long thing black cover on the wire thing further towards the back. The second (heading towards the center of the car), has an uncovered spring/coil like thing that’s kind of rusted. The third one is more towards the center of the car, and is smaller than the others. I think the last one is the one that your supposed to replace the old crappy plastic bushing with the brass one… the only problem is that I can’t seem to locate the old plastic one… does anyone have a really clear photo of where it’s located in a 1986 Grand Marquis???
I would take a picture of the area I’m looking at with a digital camera, but I don’t have one…
I checked the trans fluid as well, and it’s a mildly dark red… looks okay, I guess.
The car will shift into reverse just fine as well, and will drive fine up until 45mph, then won’t go any faster. The engine will sound weaker when that happens…
Thank you for your help!
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