DAMMIT!
Long story, but I still got problems after fluid change.
I went to 5 dealerships today to see if they had the TSS sensor. Theres one dealership that is kind of far from me, that supposedly has it in stock. Im going to go over there tomorrow after work. Anyways, heres what I did today.
I drove the car to murray's for some tranny fluid, and I noticed that it was starting to drive a little smoother, but I was very careful and didnt go over 2,500 rpms. I got 11 quarts of Quaker State Dexron-III Mercon ATF Automatic Transmission Fluid. I unscrewed the drain plug (i think that was what it was, it opened up using a socket wrench without a socket, wierd) and emptied all of the fluid out. It was brown, and seemed like there was some VERY fine shiny particles in there (like metallic dust?), and it wasnt very noticeable, but I saw it because I was looking for shavings under bright light (i guess thats from normal tranny wear). I put in about half a quart of new fluid and let it flush out of the bottom. I didnt want to flush too much because of all the stories I hear about flushing old trannys. I plugged it back up, and put in the rest of the 11 quarts I had. So basically I did it the way I figured it had to be done.
When I started the car (as i prayed to god), I shifted through all my gears 5 times, like i read somewhere in the forum archives, and left. As I drove off, I noticed a SLIGHT smoother shift between gears. Not too much, because like I said, it has gotten smoother as the day went on. Things looked good, and I felt that it was still a LITTLE notchy. Nothing to be noticed, dont even think it was a big deal. I thought my problem was solved. I still planned to go tomorrow and buy a new TSS. I went on the highway to shift through the rest of my gears to see if it will be ok at higher speeds. It was ok at first, moving along with regular traffic. Downshifting was ok. As I went down, I saw an opening and decided to break out of the 65 mph barrier. I got to about 80, and it was ok. I decided to turn around and get on the other side of the highway so I can go back home. When I went on, things were ok and when I hit around 70, I noticed that it was acting a little wierd. It wasnt downshifting like it was supposed to when I hit the gas. The rpms were only rising. I slowed down, and tried again. Same damn thing. I slowly hit 75, and noticed that when i let off of the gas, the engine was slowing my down a bit. Thats when the Over drive light started flashing again. GOD DAMMIT
I got off of the highway, and it was the same thing like yesterday right after the problem first came. It was upshifting very hard. Could this still be the sensor? After replacing the sensor tomorrow, should I take it on the highway again? In the morning, should I use my car to go to work? PLEASE HELP!!
.... so you like picking on old cars? Even with a messed up trans (maybe), blocked cats (maybe), and messed up EGR valve or possibly blocked EGR passages... I STILL took you.
