Tranny problem! Please help!

[Nobody]

Hi guys, my name is Peter and I am from Czech Republic, Europe. I am new
to this group, one week ago I bought 95 SVX, burgundy. I has 188 000
km/117 500 miles on it. It is in good condition except paint (I have to
paint it all:-().
I have some question about transmission. As I have papers the new
transmission was instaled when it had 160 000km/100 000 miles. After
buying it I let local Subaru dealer to change every fluid, belt, filter
in engine and they also changed ATF (car was sitting at garage not
moving for one year). Now there is Castrol SAF-X synthetic fluid and
from this change I can observe some strange bahavior of transmission.
When I start and put R, I can feal wrench and sometimes engine stops.
There are also sensible wrenchs during shifting to upper gears and also
sometimes to lower gears. I can also feel that engine revs goes little
bit up while shifting. This only occure when engine is cold and these
symptoms disapper after 15 minutes of driving. When it warms up it seems
everything is ok, shifting is smooth and almost unnoticable. I use ECONO
mode and this problems are usually when I drive at low speed. After
pressing accelerator agrresively it is sifting ok. I am not a mechanic
and so if you guys have some hints or advices I would really appreciate
them.
It is wonderful car (only 7 in Czech Rep.!) and I want to keep it as my
hobby :-) I also own Subaru Impreza and I thought there is no other
car to have fun more but now I find that it! SVX is incredible!
Thanx for help and I pray that my tranny will not go to hell...
Peter

I am not sure about all the grinding and noises, but my SVX has a problem with the Throttle Position Sensor, such that at low RPMS (< 2k) the shift from 2-3. However that sounds like perhaps only part of the problem; does the RPM flare happen in all other shifts as well?

[Nobody]

Yes when it is cold revs are getting little bit higher before shifting but it is not I think too serious. I have read at Terry McLane FAQ web side that the brake band needs to be adjusted. I am worry about theses wrenches...:-(((
Peter

It's possible that the fluid they used is the wrong weight or has the wrong friction modifiers for the auto tranny.

Try replacing the synthetic fluid with the reccommended standard Dexron-III ATF and let us know what happens.

[svx_commuter]

There may be a problem with the line pressure at low speed. It is best to check with a gauge connected to the tranny. Another way is to disconnect the drop'g resistor and see if the cold running gets beter.