Bad Shift Points
 

Automatic Transmission Before rebuild:
1st: 45mph/6500rpm
2nd: 80mph
3rd: 130mph

After rebuild:
1st: 40mph/6150rpm
2nd: 75mph
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This sucks! Gained much time on 0-60. Took it back and tranny place said nothing they did would affect my shift points. I tried removing resistor but that didn't help. Does anyone know how this happened or how I can fix it?

um... this may sound simple, but sometimes the simplest things are overlooked... are you in power mode??

If you find out how to change the shift points, be sure to tell us!

I know most of us wouldnt mind shifting at 7k :rolleyes: :D

Yes, I am in power mode. I even put it in first gear manu. mode to make it shift a little higher but it's not nearly as good as it used to be.

I think mines does from 1st to 2nd. I think it bounces off the rev limit right before it shifts if I mash it on take off. She gettes a strange crackle from under the hood then shifts. I havnt acually caught the position of the tach. I hear the noise and by the time I look down at the tach its at about 6200 and coming down.

Yoda, what year is your SVX? Did you have a Subaru remanufactured tranny put in your car, or did the shop rebuild your old one?

My car is a '92 LSL. I had the original automatic rebuilt at a non-subaru transmission shop. Budget Transmission Masters.

ok I acually looked this time. It shfts at 6500. I also noticed hat I cant get the power light to come on if the shifter is in 1st. Is that normal??

You should be able to engage power mode in any gear simply by releasing the gas pedal then flooring it.

Some people also floor it twice but I find that unnecessary.

Ya I tried that. The double tap on the gas works. You dont even have to push the petal very far if you double tap. I just cant get it to wrkin 1st. It works in all the rest of the gears.

The day I got my car out of the shop the alternator died and I got that replaced at our local dealership. You don't think that could have affected the shift points do you?

What're you guys's shift points for comparison. I did a 0-60 today at 9.3.

This may not be helpful since I know nothing about the Subaru tranny yet, but I had an 86 Jag 6 cylinder with automatic transmission, and the shift points were adjustable. Not through any obvious means, but through a cable adjustment that the book said was to compensate for band wear. Playing with that would make the trans shift either WAY early, or not at all. Setting it just right got it to shift just before redline.

Maybe the Subie has something similar?

Craig

That acually helps a lot and makes a lot of sense. When I got my car back the shift indicator was off from the P,R,N,D,3,2,1 windows by the shifter by like a quarter centimeter. When I took it back they said they didn't do it and they couldn't fix it. (Lying B*st*rds!) Do you think the cable to the shift lever could be related? I'v been meaning to tear it apart and see if i can adjust it.

Thanks a lot Craig.