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Old 05-18-2005, 02:17 PM
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ok, so i wired in a 20 ohm resistor for my tranny and it shifts nice and smooth now BUT, what use to be a little occasional flair from 2nd to 3rd is now either a slow shift or a big flair depending on throttle. only really flairs under very light throttle but shifts slow all the time now. works pretty good without resistor plugged in but don't like the way it feels and no engine braking in 3rd sucks! could i take the resistance up to 40 or 50 ohms and increase the line pressure? Here's the scary part. i did the brake band adjustment like instructed. turned it in till it started to drag and then backed off 3 turns. no good. am now down to maybe 1 turn away from the point where it starts to drag. isn't that awfully far? adjustment calls for 3 and i'm using 1 and it still flairs. could it be the tps? heard that can do things to tranny. have it set at .505 volts. any help would be great. thanks, Jason
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Old 05-18-2005, 09:53 PM
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Start saving for a rebuild/new tranny . It sounds like it is going out, slowly. Keep the fluid clean and make sure you have a external filter and cooler too.

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Start saving for a rebuild/new tranny . It sounds like it is going out, slowly. Keep the fluid clean and make sure you have a external filter and cooler too.

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well that's just great so if i disconnect the resistor and put on a cooler will it last longer? well i know the cooler will help but the main question is resistor, yes or no?
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If you have over 120 miles on the TPS, that could be your problem. Cheaper than a tranny. The TPS wears out. The signal is supposed to be linear with throttle position. After time it isn't any more and the same precise throttle position does not always resultin the same TPS voltage. This isn't when it's closed but when it is well in the throttle position where it flares.
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If you have over 120 miles on the TPS, that could be your problem. Cheaper than a tranny. The TPS wears out. The signal is supposed to be linear with throttle position. After time it isn't any more and the same precise throttle position does not always resultin the same TPS voltage. This isn't when it's closed but when it is well in the throttle position where it flares.

i'm gonna try turning it up a little bit today and see what happens. try maybe .53 or.54 and see what happens. will let you all know.
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i'm gonna try turning it up a little bit today and see what happens. try maybe .53 or.54 and see what happens. will let you all know.

BULLSEYE! turned up the tps to .525 and turned the brake band back a half turn for a total of 2 turns out. NO more flair! still a little slow going to 3rd under hard throttle but the flair is gone. gonna try upping the resistance on the resistor to 40 ohms in a few days.

by the way, why does my tps keep turning itself down? i've had to turn it up like 5 times now cause it always end up around .46 volts so i have to turn it back up. the screws are as tight as they get so i don't get that one. will have to check it if flair comes back.

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Thats great Jason. I am glad I was wrong. I had tried that before and had no luck. If you do not have a tranny cooler on your SVX I would recoment one. The heat is the number one killer of these trannys.

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Thats great Jason. I am glad I was wrong. I had tried that before and had no luck. If you do not have a tranny cooler on your SVX I would recoment one. The heat is the number one killer of these trannys.

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definitely working on the tranny cooler issue.kind of in a big financial situation right now so the 50 bucks is hard to come by right now. i have new problem now.check for the thread.Jason
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