I don't like Tuesdays...

[Joe H.]

sorry, old paraphrased Boomtown Rats reference.

I've fixed my stalling problems...turns out the repair I did on the coil connector didn't hold. Now I have another issue, one that just cropped up this morning. My tranny is shifting WAAAAYYYY too soon, like 3rd gear @ 20 mph! If I get on the gas, it won't downshift. Instead, the motor just pings like crazy.

I had the fluid completely flushed and refilled, but I didn't drop the pan or change the filter. Would doing that help? I really can't swing a tranny rebuild right now!

Side note: the engine idles great, very smooth, and when I gas it in park it revs just fine. At first I thought this was a misfire/hesitation problem, but it's isolated to the tranny.

[ October 16, 2001: Message edited by: Joe H. ]

[Brown Bear]

Have you messed with your carb lately? Even if you haven't, you might want to adjust your throttle linkage. That bolt could have backed out on its own or a spring could have broken. It's worth checking out. If you have a Haynes manual they have a good section on it under the transmission section.Tom Collins also did a good write up on it in the tech section. (http://www.ifsja.org/tech/transmission/727adj.shtml)If all that seems right, the filter is an easy enough job and could hold the solution to your problem.

[jb81cj7]

I had a problem with mine not downshifting at all. It turned out to be the shift linkage from the carb to the tranny. I tightened it up a little and it downshifts perfect now. It takes about 2 minutes to inspect and about 5 to adjust.

[Joe H.]

Oops, I spoke too soon. The engine problems are back, complete with extremely rough engine performance *only in gear!* and stalling. I got kinda bent driving back to work, as the thing almost stalled *again* at a traffic light. Anyway, I gave it a healthy shot of gas on the theory that maybe it would make me feel better (stupid, I know). A LARGE cloud of black smoke issued from the tailpipe,and the engine's performance didn't improve.

Here's a recap:
*no power
*rough idle in gear/stalls out
*strong hesitation and drop-outs when driving
*shifts into 3rd at around 20 mph--lots of ping
*I've flushed and refilled the tranny, have not yet replaced the filter
*coil connection was bad, I fixed it.
*used a full can of carb/choke cleaner in and around carb to no avail.
*when it stalls, restarts are EXTREMELY difficult and when the engine fires it continues to try and die/stall


Anybody have anything to help?

[Bucky]

I'm thinking that you have a leak in the vacuum line that goes to the tranny. When I got my rig there wasn't a line going back there at all. Darn thing shifted into 2nd at about 15 and 3rd at about 20. I had all the excess vac ports on the carb blocked off so I didn't have the engine probs that you do.
Bucky

[Brown Bear]

Sounds like you got a bad vacuume line, a blown powervalve, and a bad throttle linkage. Fun, fun, fun.