1984 mustang, auto tranny probs

Hey there, i got an '84 mustang 5.0, 3 spd auto. Problem is that when in
reverse, its like it binds up, whenyou give it gas, its like it bogs out,
idles fine though. In neutral its kinda in between drive and neutral, if
you just drivin along its fine, if you step on it it slips until bout 3200
RPM then grabs into drive. It drives absolutely normally when shifted into
drive. Any ideas? Maybe band adjustment?

I wouln't drive it too fast or too far like that. I had
a similar problem like that years ago. It seems there is a plastic gadget
that snaps in the linkage and then the transmission doesn't know what to do.
Its a simple job to replace the part with the metal replacement. But in my
case the 5.0 burned up the transmission because I was too hard on it. Then
you will have to get it rebuilt.

Fred
89 LX 5.0
"mustangnatic" > wrote in message
lkaboutautos.com...
> Hey there, i got an '84 mustang 5.0, 3 spd auto. Problem is that when in
> reverse, its like it binds up, whenyou give it gas, its like it bogs out,
> idles fine though. In neutral its kinda in between drive and neutral, if
> you just drivin along its fine, if you step on it it slips until bout 3200
> RPM then grabs into drive. It drives absolutely normally when shifted into
> drive. Any ideas? Maybe band adjustment?
>

"Fred V." > wrote:

> I wouln't drive it too fast or too far like that. I had
> a similar problem like that years ago. It seems there is a plastic
> gadget that snaps in the linkage and then the transmission doesn't
> know what to do. Its a simple job to replace the part with the metal
> replacement. But in my case the 5.0 burned up the transmission because
> I was too hard on it. Then you will have to get it rebuilt.
>
> Fred
> 89 LX 5.0
> "mustangnatic" > wrote in message
> lkaboutautos.com...
>> Hey there, i got an '84 mustang 5.0, 3 spd auto. Problem is that when
>> in reverse, its like it binds up, whenyou give it gas, its like it
>> bogs out, idles fine though. In neutral its kinda in between drive
>> and neutral, if you just drivin along its fine, if you step on it it
>> slips until bout 3200 RPM then grabs into drive. It drives absolutely
>> normally when shifted into drive. Any ideas? Maybe band adjustment?
>>
>
>

He means a clip on the Carb throttle linkage to the trans... must be
solid, no play and adjusted properly.


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Ok, thanx guys, ill let you know how it works out...

mustangnatic wrote:
> Hey there, i got an '84 mustang 5.0, 3 spd auto. Problem is that when in
> reverse, its like it binds up, whenyou give it gas, its like it bogs out,
> idles fine though. In neutral its kinda in between drive and neutral, if
> you just drivin along its fine, if you step on it it slips until bout 3200
> RPM then grabs into drive. It drives absolutely normally when shifted into
> drive. Any ideas? Maybe band adjustment?

A broken band most likely. It's trying to be in two gears at the same
time, binding it tight.