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Old March 28th 05, 09:25 PM
micky
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Hi Bill, The part number is 1-04796730AB.


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"Bill Putney" > wrote in message
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> micky wrote:
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> Last night I changed the trans oil and filter. I cleaned the pan and the
>> magnet and put 4 quarts of ATF +4. Everything went well until this
>> morning when I tried to drive the car! When I put the car in gear and try
>> to go backwards or forward the car does not move until the RPM hits 3000
>> and the car just jumps! I think it stays in first gear. After 5 minutes
>> of driving the "yellow" check engine light came on. I stopped the car
>> right away and had it towed back to my house. By the way, the speedometer
>> works.
>>
>> I used a generic code reader and I am getting the following codes; 700,
>> 732, 731, and 733.
>>
>> Did I do something wrong? Am I missing something? I did everything by the
>> book! Please let me know if this is something I can take care of myself
>> or should I just have it towed to the dealer? Thank you very much.

>
> Do you have the part number (packaging) of the filter that you put in to
> check for the application? I ask because I was warned a couple of years
> ago on this ng that there are a couple of filters to fit trannies on
> Chryslers (I'm careful never to call them "Chrysler transmissions") 8^)
> that will seem to fit but will not work, and if you get sold the wrong
> one, it might not be obvious 'til you try to drive it after buttoning it
> up.
>
> Sure enough, a couple of years ago, when I did the filter and fluid on my
> '99 Concorde, the Chrysler dealer had sold me the wrong filter - I
> happened to notice when I fitted the filter up that the fit was darn near
> perfect, **except** the nipple that mates with the tranny plumbing was too
> short - i.e., didn't mate with the tranny plumbing. Fortunately I noticed
> it (thanks to the warning I got here) and didn't put the pan back on. I
> went to the auto parts store and bought the same brand of filter (Saginaw,
> IIRC), but the correct one.
>
> If the same thing happended to you, I'm thinking that the fluid is having
> a hard time getting pulled from the pan thru the filter with a poor
> connection like that. Not saying that that definitely is your problem,
> but you never know.
>
> (BTW - I posted essentially this same reply to your thread on DI.net)
>
> Bill Putney
> (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
> adddress with the letter 'x')



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