What grinds my gears.

[Zoso1030]

I bought a transmission for my 96 tahoe in may I found it in a junkyard for about $700 pretty expensive for me at the time and it has been working fine until the other day when I drove to the westbank and started coming back and my car would go from 2nd gear to 3rd but 3rd stopped working for me all it did was make my rpms go up so I had to put it in 2nd and drive on the interstate in 2nd for a half hour.What do you think I should do go to the junkyard again and buy a new one or get it fixed or is there any other thing I can do? btw I'm still 17 and work at a church so I don't make alot of money.

 

[Sepiroth]

My honest answer to you is to rebuild it yourself. You will find it very gratifying and these are not complex trannys at all.

 

[Zoso1030]

Really?
I've seen the rebuild kits but I never thought about getting it.
I dont really know much about transmissions other than how to take them out of the car.

 

[sasquatch094]

Usually if you fast enough the salvage yards has warranty.. like 30 day nonworking warranty

 

[Zoso1030]

I have had it for about 6 months...
Someone told me that it might be a shift solenoid or something like that, that I may need. Does anyone know how to put one in?

 

[shawnkfl]

could just be the shift solenoid on the valve body. GM put out a bunch of them that were basically junk. they worked great, right up until your warranty ran out. chek ebay for them. i would start there before throwing in another tranny.

 

[bowhunter22]

What about the other gears ??

If you have 1st you should have 3rd, If you have 2nd you should have 4th. If there is something mechanical wrong inside the trans. If you have 2nd and 3rd then thats a limp mode meaning something electrical is wrong.

Do you have reverse and does it hit a little harder when it engages than it used to?

 

[clean95]

What about the other gears ??

If you have 1st you should have 3rd, If you have 2nd you should have 4th. If there is something mechanical wrong inside the trans. If you have 2nd and 3rd then thats a limp mode meaning something electrical is wrong.

Do you have reverse and does it hit a little harder when it engages than it used to?

limp mode is 3rd only, its a 96 he should have a code? or a engine light? try manually shifting it first second third drive and see if u can get it to catch 4th if it catches drive manually its something electronic if not then it could be ur 4th clutches are bad, i would try and call a privately owned tranny shop not a huge chain like amco i called around and found a complete rebuild with shift kit for 700 i just had to take it out and put it in, good luck and give us more details.....

 

[clean95]

I bought a transmission for my 96 tahoe in may I found it in a junkyard for about $700 pretty expensive for me at the time and it has been working fine until the other day when I drove to the westbank and started coming back and my car would go from 2nd gear to 3rd but 3rd stopped working for me all it did was make my rpms go up so I had to put it in 2nd and drive on the interstate in 2nd for a half hour.What do you think I should do go to the junkyard again and buy a new one or get it fixed or is there any other thing I can do? btw I'm still 17 and work at a church so I don't make alot of money.

also sound to me that ur cluches are slipping try the manually shifting and if that doesnt work then my guess would be time for a rebuild!

 

[Zoso1030]

also sound to me that ur cluches are slipping try the manually shifting and if that doesnt work then my guess would be time for a rebuild!

it only shifts manually from first to second and when I put it in third it just acts as if its neutral

 

[clean95]

it only shifts manually from first to second and when I put it in third it just acts as if its neutral

time for a rebuild! u lost 3rd and 4th clutches! that sux, u recently check the fluid kinda dumb to ask but taht can cause a slip as well, but chances are u need a rebuild.... start calling around.

 

[Zoso1030]

... rebuild seems to expensive for me...
I'm just going to try to pull another out of a junkyard.
Thanks for the help

 

[sasquatch094]

so what happens if the same sh*t happens... another piece of crap tranny..

 

[clean95]

ur retarded! its gunna break again u must really like tankn the trannys in and out! get it rebuilt! call around u can prolly get it done cheap under 1k ur gunna pay more in the long run buyn used ones... ur gunna do what u want anyway but id save some cash and get it done right,

 

[Zoso1030]

ur retarded! its gunna break again u must really like tankn the trannys in and out! get it rebuilt! call around u can prolly get it done cheap under 1k ur gunna pay more in the long run buyn used ones... ur gunna do what u want anyway but id save some cash and get it done right,

I do want to get it rebuilt its just that money is the main factor.Right now I have a job that i only 16 hours a week at so I'm not making alot of money and it will take a while for me to do that.