Duty solenoid A

[dannmarr]

My trans was rebuilt only a year ago. I installed the shift kit. I checked for existing codes and got nothing. When I checked for previous codes, code 11 showed. Should I worry? Should I clear the code to see if it comes back? Or should I replace the resistor?

[Trevor]

Originally Posted by dannmarr

My trans was rebuilt only a year ago. I installed the shift kit. I checked for existing codes and got nothing. When I checked for previous codes, code 11 showed. Should I worry? Should I clear the code to see if it comes back? Or should I replace the resistor?

Clear the codes and report back. At this point do not replace the resistor, as there are several alternative possible causes of any problem, if one does in fact exist.

[dannmarr]

I cleared the code and it came back. So I picked up a 25watt-15oms resitor for $1.25 and installed it. The car runs great and no more flashing light in the dash. The question I have is; Why did this happen when I installed the shift kit? The Trans was rebuilt and I had no codes previous to this upgrade.

[Nomake Wan]

Very, very strange. Then again...

When I first drove my SVX, the resistor was fine and the car drove normally. Then it sat in my garage for a month, got new wheels and tires afterward, and only then did I get the DSA code.

So it might've just been that it wasn't noticed until you made a change to the circuit. The last straw to break the camel's resistor, maybe?

[Trevor]

Originally Posted by dannmarr

I cleared the code and it came back. So I picked up a 25watt-15oms resitor for $1.25 and installed it. The car runs great and no more flashing light in the dash. The question I have is; Why did this happen when I installed the shift kit? The Trans was rebuilt and I had no codes previous to this upgrade.

The previous post is on line. Coincidence, or you may have moved a resistor which was on its way out and finished it off. Resistance wire becomes brittle over time.

Why have you installed a shift kit when you have a newly overhauled transmission? This certainly not an upgrade and rather, is more of a band aid.

[dannmarr]

I bought the shift kit because it was an upgrade. Why do you say it's a band aid? Was the shift kit invented to be a band aid? If it was, I wouldn't have bought it.

[Nomake Wan]

When the tranny starts going, it starts slipping. The shift kit increases line pressure to maximum, firming up shifts... which makes the problem a little less noticeable.

...at least, I think that's what's meant here. I actually quite like how the SVX shifts on its own, so..