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@#$*@#$!!! Binding problems!!!
Since about ..eh... 4 days ago my car has started to have binding problems. I read about a capacitor it could be. ANyone have any idea on what to do to fix this? THe tranny has 40k on it.
- Ca$h |
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I'd be willing to bet its not a capacitor, but a back pressure problem in the cooling circuit. The design of the tranny allows for excess pressure to bleed past the awd solenoid and allow the rear to engage under acceleration.
Try bypassing the external filter and cooler with a section of hose and two plastic tubing connectors from a local auto parts store. I bet the binding will go away. If it does, your filter, cooler or both are clogged. I had binding for years until I bypassed the stock cooler with an aftermarket one. The binding stopped immediately and has never come back. Doug
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Have any pictures? I'm pretty sure my car has an aftermarket cooler already installed. I'm not sure though, because I can't trace the lines exactly, but I'm 90% sure it goes to the tranny. Or maybe not. Where is the A/C condensor/radiator looking thing located? In front of hte radiator? I have a small radiator looking thing in front of the radiator, and I'm not sure if its a tranny cooler or not. I can't see anything from the bottom. :|
- Ca$h |
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The small radiator in front of the large one is the condensor. My auxilary cooler is between them but others have different set ups. I think one way to check for the presence of an auxilary cooler is to take off the bottom shroud and see where the two lines from the tranny are connected to. If they both go between the radiator and tranny, then you do not have an auxilary cooler.
Does anyone have info which is the "in" and which is the "out" line? Matt
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I have to look back on my timing belt change how-to which is still at home. It hasn't been finished, but it shows which line is pressure and which is return.
if you have a hard time tracing, one metal line running along driver's inner frame rail connects to the filter, that's the pressure. From the filter it will run to the driver's side of the radiator cooler, then out from the left side of the radiator cooler all the way back to the frame rail return line. If these lines are all present, then you do not have an aftermarket cooler. you can disconnect both hoses from the fraime rail steel lines and loop a hose between them to test my pressure theory. Its easiest to do from underneath the car. Doug
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Thanks in advance. Matt
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I've searched the forums and found out it might be "Duty Soliniod C". Anyone know how hard this would be to replace? I have access to a lift. Any way to tell if its Duty Soloniod C or not? Ack.
- Ca$h |
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I did but I didn't even see Duty Solonoid C. :|
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Ca$h, Why are you against trying a $4 test? You'd rather spend an entire day tearing apart the tranny to try removing a duty solenoid than try a 15 minute test? I don't get it. Doug
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What $4 test?!?!?
- Ca$h |
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Seriously, here's a diagram. They list the driver's side of the radiator as the "in". Does that mean in to the cooler or back in to the transmission? http://www.subaruparts.com/diag/?mod...category=450-B Doug
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1992 LS Touring (6/91) - Currently undergoing a five speed swap Black over Claret with spoiler; 235,000 miles; Mods: 2002 Legacy 5 speed, ACT Pressure Plate, Excedy Clutch, Short Throw Shifter, Aussie Powerchip 1992 LS Touring (6/91) Black over Claret with 2.5" setback spoiler; 202,000 miles; Mods: B&M Cooler 1994 LSi (4/93) Bordeaux Pearl; 198,000 miles; Mods: Weight reduction. 1969 Mustang GT Convertible 1970 Mustang Convertible 2000 Ford Excursion Sola lingua bona est lingua mortua. My Locker |
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