1996 4 Speed Transmission Problems
From : ring
Q: suddenly without warning nosey exclaimed 24-dec-06 911 pm ot its raining! woohoo! dancin a jig desert been over 100c worse drought in history. been raining steadily for over 3 hours now and its only 64f. might even get the river flowing! 100c wow! thats hot! ;^ oops. yea f of course. duh! and i havent even been in the eggnog... which doesnt exist here anyway. hey its confusing for an ex - upstate nyer for it to be friggin hot in december! jmc eggnog can be anywhere if you like to do this sort of thing. if this link works it will take you to foodnetwork.com where emeril has a recipe for eggnog. http//www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0food99363526500.htmlrsrc=search at the bottom there is a funny disclaimer concerning the use of eggs. merry christmas and do put up downunder christmas pics. fmb north mexico .
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From : roy
partner wrote i have taken this problem to two shops and got completely different diagnostics. it seems that the dodge dealers mechanic should have a better insight on what the problem is. this is a dangerous assumption. the dealer technicians ive dealt with are nothing but part changers. if the book or the computer cant tell them what to do they are lost. my 2002 dodge dakota had six defects when it was new. i had to tell the dodge technicians what to do in all six cases. when they refused to fix the last defect i filed a lemon law suit that cost dc $6k. wow! if you managed to tell the dodge techs on 6 defects i would have thought you would have the correct answer for the op. oh well............................. .
From : ring
tom lawrence wrote im sure my next step will have to be take to a shop but was wondering if this sounds familiar to anyone. it would be nice that by some slim chance it was something simple to fix but i know with most trans problems there usually not. thanks for your time. what youre experiencing is the torque converter clutch engaging and disengaging - not the transmission slipping or hunting between gears. this is almost always an electrical problem. as roy said your throttle position sensor could be going bad sending a false signal to the pcm that thinks youve floored the accelerator pedal causing the pcm to unlock the converter clutch. a shop manual or even a haynes manual and an analog multimeter can determine whether or not the tps is at fault. however there may be a simpler fix. as posted on the turbo diesel register - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - lock up complaint issue 52 page 39 offered an in-depth look at torque converter lock-up. although the author was specifically talking about the 98.5 and newer trucks this tip applies to torque converter lock-up on turbo diesels 94 and later. as documented many people have replaced the tps or apps transmission temperature sensor and numerous other parts trying to correct the ongoing converter clutch problem with varying degrees of success. well for all of the shadetree mechanics in turbo diesel land before replacing any parts or wasting time connecting a scan tool or voltmeter to the electrical circuit start with the easiest step first. i have found the cause of the lock-unlock problem to be a frequency-induced electrical noise into the ground circuit of the battery which causes a fluctuating voltage signal from the tps to the pcm. the solution locate the 10-gauge ground wire that runs from the negative post of the passenger battery to the back of the alternator. this wire is often tan with a black stripe. starting at the back of the alternator loom where the tan/black striped wire heads for the battery wrap the wire with a piece of tin foil about 4 - 6 in length. wrap the tin foil with black electrical tape to secure it in place. road test the vehicle. if the problem is corrected smile. tony garcin dunrite converters vancouver wa 360 693-3200 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - thanks this is good info. i cleaned all my electrical connections and did the aluminum foil trick but that didnt help. i found an article on-line with the specs for diagnosing the tps so i checked mine and it was way out of spec. i tried adjusting it and cleaning it but nothing helped so i replaced it. after replacing the tps i checked the idle voltage and it was still out of spec so not sure what the problem is yet. my reference voltage is 5.11 so that is good and i used the ground wire going to the tps to check the reference so i assume the ground is good. i am still searching for the answer. thanks for your help. please let us know what you come up with. roy .
From : ring
perryneheum@hotmail.com wrote the writer is a professor of political science at fairleigh dickinson university and executive director of publicmind a public opinion research group there. no... the writer is an indoctrinator at fairly dickwad u and executive dick at..... and the op is a hack! the only thing worse than a liar is an asshole that twists statistics to his agenda road fatalities in the us fell from 52627 in 1970 to 42116 yearly while in the same period road fatalities in germany fell from 21000 to 6949 per year. ... sounds bad huh... even though theres probably been a 3 or 4x increase in vehicle miles traveled... still the death rate is far lower than it was 40 years ago. and its only where miles traveled/driven is ignored that the us looks bad. heres the facts deaths per 100 million vehicle-miles 1 sweden 1.2 2 united kingdom 1.4 3 finland 1.5 4 united states 1.7 5 netherlands 1.8 6 denmark 2.0 9 germany 2.5 -- yeh im a krusty old geezer putting up with my smartass is the price you pay..deal with it! .
From : roy
it sounds like the flasher unit failed. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving have 97ram1500 5.9 auto 2wd. this afternoon i lost all turnsignals including dash indicators. went from everything working to nothing working. all other electric fubctions ok. fuse relay .
From : tom lawrence
merry christmas to all from an old fart that doesnt log in much any more. have a safe holiday everybody. denny merry christmas to you too and everyone else. maybe you would find more time to log in if you wernt spending it with da machine. havent seen the machine since ole red and mac were fueding over it. but i did hear a rumor that dale snuck down and nabbed it one night. we dont hear much from him anymore either.. bg denny fmb north mexico .
From : roy
im sure my next step will have to be take to a shop but was wondering if this sounds familiar to anyone. it would be nice that by some slim chance it was something simple to fix but i know with most trans problems there usually not. thanks for your time. what youre experiencing is the torque converter clutch engaging and disengaging - not the transmission slipping or hunting between gears. this is almost always an electrical problem. as roy said your throttle position sensor could be going bad sending a false signal to the pcm that thinks youve floored the accelerator pedal causing the pcm to unlock the converter clutch. a shop manual or even a haynes manual and an analog multimeter can determine whether or not the tps is at fault. however there may be a simpler fix. as posted on the turbo diesel register - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - lock up complaint issue 52 page 39 offered an in-depth look at torque converter lock-up. although the author was specifically talking about the 98.5 and newer trucks this tip applies to torque converter lock-up on turbo diesels 94 and later. as documented many people have replaced the tps or apps transmission temperature sensor and numerous other parts trying to correct the ongoing converter clutch problem with varying degrees of success. well for all of the shadetree mechanics in turbo diesel land before replacing any parts or wasting time connecting a scan tool or voltmeter to the electrical circuit start with the easiest step first. i have found the cause of the lock-unlock problem to be a frequency-induced electrical noise into the ground circuit of the battery which causes a fluctuating voltage signal from the tps to the pcm. the solution locate the 10-gauge ground wire that runs from the negative post of the passenger battery to the back of the alternator. this wire is often tan with a black stripe. starting at the back of the alternator loom where the tan/black striped wire heads for the battery wrap the wire with a piece of tin foil about 4 - 6 in length. wrap the tin foil with black electrical tape to secure it in place. road test the vehicle. if the problem is corrected smile. tony garcin dunrite converters vancouver wa 360 693-3200 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .