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Old 10-12-2004, 03:10 AM
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Transmission not shifting

Hi,I haven't posted in a while here,since I haven't had serious issues with my SVX,up till know.I have had my 92 Svx for almost 2 years and I do not use it very much,I rarely drive it in the city,most of the time I have used it for long trips.As everybody who owns a SVX knows,these cars run at low RPM,but when I was driving it a week ago I noticed the RPMs were over 3K and I was at 75 mph,It seemed to me something was wrong so I came back home and I parked it,because I thought may be a vacuum hose desconected or something else that it was not common to the normal drive of the car.Today I had the time to check it out and to see if I could find something wrong with the car.I did not find anything wrong When I test drove it the car is worst,it is not shifting at all,I could get to 5K RPMs and no shifting.I have heard it could be the brake band.Does anybody knows what it could be? And if it is the famous brake band how could I adjust it?
Beforehand Thank you very much,Enrique.
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Old 10-12-2004, 05:26 AM
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The brake band sits on top pf the tranny right near the starter. It is the most annoying thing to do. Hard to get access to it and even harder to move. I think if you go to a dealer to get it done they do it for about 150 dollars.
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Old 10-12-2004, 08:31 PM
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http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/show...ght=brake+band
http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/show...threadid=12865

Those should help on brake band adjustment information.
It is a pain to get to, but once you do it the first time it is pretty easy actually.
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Old 10-13-2004, 02:09 AM
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Brake Bamd Adjustment

Thanks all who have answered my post.I did try today with a 17 and a 7 mm wrenches,a flashlight and WD 40.It worked I was able to get to the nut and release it ,it was hard and then atonishly I was able to move the small square flat head bolt ,just with my fingers,but I thnk I tightened it too hard since my car is now doing the following:
a)First to second almost unperceptible
b)second to third ,there is a braking and then the engine revs up to 4500 RPMs and shifts.
c)There is no shifting from third to fourth,I can even get to six thousands RPMs and nothing.
Mi concerns now : Did I tighten it too far?How many turns should I do to release it now?
Unfortunately as it was so loose I did not control my fingers but I will give it a try again.early in the morning.
Thanks again .
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Old 10-13-2004, 02:49 AM
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Sounds like you have it too tight.

Check the info here:

http://endwrench.com/images/pdfs/4EATFWD.pdf

on the correct adjustment.

Be careful of loosening too much. If you do, the nut falls inside the case, the tranny will have to be taken out and stripped to fix.

Also check you have enough tranny oil inside. Insufficient oil can also affect shifting.

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