Auto trans question

[StangItMan]

Have a 92 with 2.3 --- shifts hard/firm yet won't go to OD. Reverse is firm also. Any tips?

 

[ethangsmith]

First thing to check is the fluid if you haven't already. Make sure it's red in color without a burnt odor and at the proper level. On the 90-93 cars, overdrive is solenoid controlled by the computer, as is the converter lockup- each using it's own solenoid. It may be as simple as the solenoid is dead or gunked up. Does the converter lock and unlock?

 

[86caprirs]

The OD would blow up on them all the time. I had a A4ld that did it to me. When I took the trans appart the valve body was all gummed up with clutch material and the od band was broken.