Re: A/T skipping 1st gear

"Charles" <electrochuckREMOVE@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On my car at least the transmission-side solenoid connectors are only 
> available by opening the hood. You can't get to them from below.

You're right. I checked the location of the connector under the hood and 
it was much higher than the solenoid itself and it is accessible 
relatively easy.

> The best place to take the readings is at the transmission computer 
> connector. In that way you'll check the wiring from the TCU to the 
> transmission too. If you see a problem there, go for the connectors at 
> the transmission. The troubleshooting charts also direct you to check 
> for the presence of voltage on certain connectors. You can't check 
> that in the engine compartment. Everything is available at the 
> connectors which plug into the TCU.

Yes, but depending on the the code reading there are different 
troubleshooting procedures and I can't read the code. I was also 
wondering if I could possibly reset and damage the TCM by not having the 
right service tools.

>> ...according to the troubleshooting charts...
>
> Speaking of that, you'd think that a professional technician would 
> have access to a service manual. Through ignorance or greed he 
> bypassed the testing procedure which would have told him that the 
> solenoids he was about to replace were not defective. That shop owes 
> you several hundred dollars.

I'm sure that I could have gotten a good technician to diagnose the 
problem as it should have been because I'm sure they have those, too. 
But then they also have marginal or lazy ones who make shortcuts when 
they think they can get away with it. I probably got the latter. Each 
job has some given labor hours allotted and if the mechanic is not good 
he might not be able to finish it in that time. So they take the 
shortcuts.

DB