1996 Ford Taurus Sho... Thinking Bad Transmission.

[frankanthony]

Took a 1 hour drive today and on the way back the trans slipped a few times in low gears... I wanted to get it into a resident parking spot so I tried to make it around the block but after stopping at a stop light it would not shift back into gear in Drive 1, 2, or 3 but it will go into Reverse... I had to push it across the intersection into a 3 hour parking spot.... luckily it can sit there overnight if I wake up early and feed the meter..... when I popped the hood there was a little smoke coming out and had an overheating type smell.. but I always monitor the engine temp which was Normal .. otherwise I couldn't find any other visual clues but I am I correct in my assumption that the trans is gone?

 

[SHOZ123]

Probably so.

 

[frankanthony]

Thank you for your reply.... I actually got out there this morning and gave it a try and it went right into gear... I just pulled it up a few spots to test it... is this normal for a failing trans or is this something else to suspect? Because I am ready to swap the transmission if that is indeed the issue I just want to be sure.. thanks

 

[SeanMc]

When mine was going, it would only act up when it was warm. I'll go with Paul and say it's bad.

 

[SHOZ123]

Assuming the fluid is full the problem will come back.

 

[frankanthony]

Thanks for the replies! As expected the problem almost immediately came back... Well anyway I found a used trans to throw in so I will get to work on that tomorrow... hopefully I have better luck with this one... My car has 112,000 miles the used trans I found has 87,000 on it.

 

[alecracing]

I just picked up a '97 for $1000 with trans slipping in 3rd. Only did it when it was cold and you give it too much throttle. Slipped really bad when I went for test drive but stopped slipping the day after I bought it. That was a month ago and it started slipping again 3 days ago even when warm. I put some LUCAS transmission fix in it 2 days ago and it's much better (it'll take time for the lucas to soften up the seals).

Check your trans fluid to see if it is burnt (dark red/brown) if it looks good, it is the seals in the trans that are the problem ans not the clutches and the LUCS might help

http://www.lucasoil.com/products/display_products.sd?iid=29&catid=9&loc=show&headTitle= - Lucas Transmission Fix

 

[32MTX]

ah so u bought that SHO I was after on craigslist!

I offered him 800 2 days after he sold it to you, it was on craigslist for months before I saw it there lol........ bad timing

hope its a decent car

 

[frankanthony]

Just wanted to come back to confirm that the used trans has been installed and the car is running again.

 

[mtabsher0]

Mine had similar problems, but my problem was the throttle positioning sensor mine would down shift and wouldnt shit any more and the sensor solved the problem