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Transmission Problem?
I have a Mercury Capri 1991 convertible. The car was owned by someone
else briefly before I got it, but who ever had it, probably put motor oil in the place where transmission oil should go. My probelms started with the transmission when I tried to change the transmission fluid, then the transmission started acting radically. The car wouldn't go in reverse, it losted power while driving on the freeway. I caulked this to transmission damge from the change of the types of fluids. Before I changed the transmission fluid, it was viscous, and black , like motor oil. I add more fluid, mirculously I was able to get the car to go in reverse without having do anything to it, but the transmission wouldn't engage well at low speeds, but started driving ok at high speeds like on the highway. I was stingy putting the new fluid in cause I didn't want to overfill the transmission. Recently, To make a long short short. I had to change one of the belts that go to the alternator, simply cause I drove the car and saw the battery come on, luckily I arrived home to time as radiator fluid started venting from the hood of the car. The next day, I discovered the belt ( alternator ,waterpump, engine) was missing. I seeked to replace the belt. With an original belt as a template, ( but somewhat damaged) I replace the belt with a new one, however it was extremely difficult to install the belt as I guess it was a very tight fit, plus there was no room for adjustment on the alternator. The Alternator was set at its most minumin adjustment. In order to get the belt on the roller, I ended up accidentally rotating one of the rollers located near the engine, oil pan. Turning that roller made al the differance in installing that belt, it helped give me enough torque to place the belt on the roller. Now that belt seems a bit tight ( but the car doesn't make that squealing noise that a car makes when a belt is slipping on a roller, that car used to be real annoying to drive that way). But now something as changed,with way the tranmission works. The tranmission didn't seem to work 100% on that car, giving poor performance at low speeds ( city driving), but good performance at high speeds as the automatic transmission wouldn't engage very well. Now the car won't run well at high speeds now. I added some transmission fluid as maybe the car was driving like there wasnt enough fluid in it, the car showed some improvement, but still drives on the freeway poorly as it refuses most to engage at high speeds making it so that it runs at high rpms, so that I have to slow down. The engine sounds like its working harder. Why did this happened? Could it be caused somehow by by my repairs, the new tigher alternator belt, or did I somehow upset the timing by having to turn that roller to get that belt on, thusly affecting the transmission performance , the car used to drive well on the highway. I could travel out the city 50+ or so ( with a questionable transmission) miles, now I dare now travel outside the city. Can anyone help? Also:Well the reason I'm assuming that the transmission was not very damaged was because the car was operable. The transmission fluid was black and viscous like someone poured motor oil in it by mistake...this may be actually possible because I knew the previous owner. I decided to try to change the fluid myself when I took the car to a tune-up shop, the guy looked at my transmission fluid and chided me on how dirty it was. I didn't have real probelms with the transmision until I changed the fluid, and after my last repair, its possible that the car suffered some more engine damage, but doesn't seem too likely, it starting venting radiator fluid just as I got home to park the car. The car already suffered some engine damage ( 4 cylinder aluminum block) but ran well. Its a reletively nice looking car I hate to give up on it hard to imagine my last incident damged the car so I can't dricve it past sixty on the highway without over-revving the engine . Yesterday its actually came back to life briefly when the transmission kicked in (somehow) and I was able to get over seventy on the four cylinder, but it was intermittent and then the trans would tune out, and the engine would "over-rev" again making it sort of dangerous to drive ?? |
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Transmission Problem?
"ozymandias" > wrote in message ne, but it was > intermittent and then the trans would tune out, and the engine would > "over-rev" again making it sort of dangerous to drive ?? As I previously posted, you most likely have a transmission that is in bad shape. Any time you try to drive a car on the LA Freeway (or similar) and it is likely to drop you, you could consider it dangerous. I wouldn't get out of sight of my house in such a car. |
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