Re: A/T skipping 1st gear

Dabbler wrote:
> I don't see how this could yield any results with a transient problem
> as this seems to be.

The condition may not be transient even while the indication _is_
transient. 
You may be on either side of the threshold of a failure indication. I had 
the same intermittent indications when my lockup solenoids were going bad.

They got worse with heat but the resistance readings of the failing coils 
was always high. When they got hot the current draw changed enough for the

TCU to register a problem.

Last week my TCU was fla****ng a #8 code. I previously found a bad
connection 
at the TCU. At that time I opted not to dismantle the connector and risk 
breaking a wire. I simply reseated the pin in the connector. The problem 
disappeared. When it reappeared last week I pulled back the carpet,
grabbed 
the cable bundle and moved it around a bit. The fla****ng indicator on the 
dash didn't reappear so I pulled the fuse to reset the TCU lamp and went 
whistling past the graveyard.

I diagnosed the problem with an ohmmeter even though the dash indicator 
wasn't always fla****ng.

Bad lockup solenoids or associated wiring lead to funky ****fts and rpm 
flares.
-- 
Chuck