this thing will occasionally decide it wont shift out of 1st gear...while in D or OD or 2 or whatever....in 1 it will stay in 1, but in any other forward selection (2, d, od) it will go up in one and then kinda neutral its way around, but wont shift.
its fuggin weird....i fixed it last time by punching it a lot, (to hopefully build some hyd pressure)and it eventually shifted....it did it again today and it didnt work(punching it), so i gave it a rest and then it worked again ???

pleez help
thx
BB

 

hey dont feel so bad, mine is doing the same thing. someone told me that it could be the tv cable and or the vaccum line that goes to the transmission. but i dont know where that is, or where it even comes from. sorry...but hey im with ya
haha


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87 Camaro
Soon to be painted Black with chrome trim. Reborn 305 5 litre
4 bbl
pretty much stock, as of now

 

its done it b4 and i took it to a shop and they said they replaced a small plastic gear????

anywho..i got a new tv cable like 5 months ago...but it could be set wrong.

 

The plastic gear would be on the governor, unless the output shaft gear is rusted or burred that gear is probably still good. The problem you have now may be a stuck or sticking t.v. valve. The valve body will have to be dropped to clean it.

 

To adjust the TV Cable skip the book method and do this: Press the D button on the adjuster and loosen the cable setting. Now, have someone floor the gas pedal while you check to see if the throttle plate is open all the way. Usually they are off a little and will wiggle. Do whatever you have to do to get it open solid. Now, with the pedal still floored, press the D button and pull the cable casing (the black tube) back as hard as you can and release the button. You now have the engine, tranny and gas pedal all in sync at WOT. Mark the cable so if for some reason it gets moved you can know where to put it again. The problem with the 'self adjust method' is that it bends things and puts them permanently out of whack. It is also the full TV setting, which is theoretically what the GM method does.

That being said, most likely the Throttle Valve is sticking on you. The TransGo Shift Kit/Reprogramming Kit FIXES this.

 

well i took mine to the auto shop cottman transmissions, and they are tellin me that the torque converter is coming apart and that all the bands are torn and bla bla bla, saying i need a new trans. but if all this is really messed up, it wouldnt shift sometimes right?....i think it is just the tv cable and they were tryin to rip me off, but im gona go under and check it all out.
and they wanted 1,049 for the new trans, and i dont think that price included labor....that sound right to you?
thanks

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87 Camaro
Soon to be painted Black with chrome trim. Reborn 305 5 litre
4 bbl
pretty much stock, as of now

 

what is the transgo shift kit? and can u put that in yourself? how much? and if you wanted to replace the tv cable how do you get it out of the transmission end?
thanks


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87 Camaro
Soon to be painted Black with chrome trim. Reborn 305 5 litre
4 bbl
pretty much stock, as of now

 

i HAVE the TGSK. it was cool for a while but the rebuild musta sucked cuz it doesnt shift hard anymore.

thanks for the tv cable adjust tech talk.

later

 

First off, what a Shift Kit ISN'T. Most people associate the term Shift Kit with tire chirping shifts. Actually Shift Kit is a trademarked name coined and owned by TransGo Since 1959. The purpose of a Shift Kit is to correct the weak points of a given transmission. In most cases when someone complains of soft or slipping shifts it isn't BECAUSE if these complaints that they fail but rather there is a malfunction that leads TO the burned/glazed frictions and the poor shift quality is the result. There are many kit's out there designed to give you firm shifts but if that isn't the cause of your problem it isn't fixing them.
For example, in a 700 you have problems with delayed pressure rise which allows the clutches or band to slip until the pressure catches up. If you don't fix this, it doesn't matter if you put the Vette servo in or the .500 TV boost valve or not. They will only mask the problem. This problem is there whether it is a grocery getter or 5.7 IROC. The TransGo Shift Kit corrects this and other problems that these have. This kit however isn't available to the general public because of the technical knowledge required.

They do however have something that I think most of you are after though. It is called a Reprogramming Kit or also a High Performance Shift Kit. It has the basic fixes that the Shift Kit has and it has features to give the tranny HD/HP capabilities such as greater manual control and higher horsepower and torque handling ability. The 700 kit also includes some pieces for when the unit is O/H'ed to give it higher RPM capability (at higher RPM, residual oil can drag the 3-4 clutches on even when they should be off). This kit (the commercial version) has a video to aid in the installation too.

http://www.hptransparts.com/MM007.ASP?pageno=89

To replace the TV Cable: First disconnect the cable at the throttle body. Now pop the casing out of the bracket. Put the car safely on stands and take the 10 MM bolt out that holds the cable into the tranny and with a catch can under the tranny pull the cable up out of the tranny. After the oil gushes out, disconnect the actual cable from the link inside of the tranny. Reverse the procedures to reinstall.