Dncspencer
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I have a 1998 Grand Prix GTP
3.8 liter, series 2, supercharger, aftermarket air filter, 4t65ehd Transmission (hince why i'm in this topic lol)
I bought this car for my girlfriend it was a good price and I bought it from a friend figured it would be a rather simple fix in my garage.
When I got it, the car was reving between 5k-6k where the rev limiter kicks in.
Now the car wont shift, when you first start going, it will be okay in the drive gear, however; once you stop a few times, you have to put it in the manual 1st gear to take off and manually shift up however; it will not always go in to 2nd or 3rd and 4th is a rare occasion.
So my buddy and I after some research, jacked it up and repleaced the 1/2 and 3/4 shift control solenoids, put it back together topped it off with some new fluid as the old was complete BURNT. now the car at first was fine, but quickly went right back to its old ways it was reving and not shifting, my girlfriend however got frustrated, and went a head and nailed it to the floor to take off as it didn't even want to take off in 1st she got the hesitation at 6 k from the rev limitor and it started shifting fairly normal, however 4th is still not completely shifting, I am at a complete loss on what it could be, I don't want to just JUMP and change out the trans, she don't really have the money for that, she has a kid, but I don't want her to keep dumping money in to odd ball parts either. So if you could point me in a good direction to look, please dooo. I did eventually get 4th to shift, when I reved it and it shifted at 70mph.
Now I'm not sure if it is the original trans or not, the car reads 253k almost 254 but it runs like a champ, is just the shiftting, also if you know a good place to get a deccently priced after market trans if that is the answer that would be great too. Thank you
3.8 liter, series 2, supercharger, aftermarket air filter, 4t65ehd Transmission (hince why i'm in this topic lol)
I bought this car for my girlfriend it was a good price and I bought it from a friend figured it would be a rather simple fix in my garage.
When I got it, the car was reving between 5k-6k where the rev limiter kicks in.
Now the car wont shift, when you first start going, it will be okay in the drive gear, however; once you stop a few times, you have to put it in the manual 1st gear to take off and manually shift up however; it will not always go in to 2nd or 3rd and 4th is a rare occasion.
So my buddy and I after some research, jacked it up and repleaced the 1/2 and 3/4 shift control solenoids, put it back together topped it off with some new fluid as the old was complete BURNT. now the car at first was fine, but quickly went right back to its old ways it was reving and not shifting, my girlfriend however got frustrated, and went a head and nailed it to the floor to take off as it didn't even want to take off in 1st she got the hesitation at 6 k from the rev limitor and it started shifting fairly normal, however 4th is still not completely shifting, I am at a complete loss on what it could be, I don't want to just JUMP and change out the trans, she don't really have the money for that, she has a kid, but I don't want her to keep dumping money in to odd ball parts either. So if you could point me in a good direction to look, please dooo. I did eventually get 4th to shift, when I reved it and it shifted at 70mph.
Now I'm not sure if it is the original trans or not, the car reads 253k almost 254 but it runs like a champ, is just the shiftting, also if you know a good place to get a deccently priced after market trans if that is the answer that would be great too. Thank you
