Well here's the scoop. I got a call at work yesterday from the lil lady saying that her car was acting strangely. It developed a rather bad shudder from take off,up hills, and shifting into third around 40. I assumed it was an overdrive shudder, and thought Id check the fluid. So I checked it...browner than..well it was damn brown Ill say that. and it smelled terrible. So last evening I pulled the pan and drained all the fluid, when I dropped the pan I found the little plug for the dipstick tube that pops out when they insert it in the factory. Which means the pans never been dropped which says to me...hey the tranny fluid hasn't been changed in 102,000 miles. crap. So I put on a new filter, drained the converter, and slapped it all back together and put new fluid in anda bottle of treatment. let it warm up and took it for a spin. It drove alright at first...still did it but didn't seem to be as bad. Then it got worse,and worse, and by the time I got it home 15-20 min. later it was shuddering the entire time 0-80,as soon as it goes into gear it shudders (shakes the whole car), whether its reverse or forward. Im going to check the maf thisafternoon, and the plug wires to make sure I don't have a real bad miss, but Im almost certain its the tranny. Any thoughts? Right now the plan is to trade it in on something else this weekend...but we'll see.
Thanks for your help,
-Pat
Thanks for your help,
-Pat