--- Ted Maloney <freecycle@...> wrote:
Is this a death sentence? I shift into Reverse to back out of the
driveway and there is a 2-5 second hesitation before it slips into
gear. I then shift into Drive and everything is fine. There are no
other symptoms....it shifts fine all day as we drive. Just lately
we're getting that delay when shifting into reverse.
I have 102k miles and never changed the ATF....I know, I know it's my
own fault, but I was told it didn't need changing. It was only over
the past few months that I learned from this group that I should have
changed it! I had been told otherwise previously! So, don't tell
me "I told you so!"
Although the obvious answer now is change it because you're more than 2x overdue and you're having
trouble.
Make sure the pan is clean and also do the trans pressure screw mod as well while you're in there.
Being that you went to over 100K with the original fluid, you might even want to do two fluid
changes (do once, drive around for a while, maybe until next weekend, then change it again...or at
least do the next one after about 10K miles to get all caught up. The bit of fluid that doesn't
come out in a change is likely to be uber-dirt-concentrate.
