Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Modifications Transaxle and the torque converter bites the dust

ouch, this sucks, it's got less than 67k on the clock, a 00 se v6, and the TC was making this grinding noise, and AAMCO replaced it for me, and it went away ($900) now, after getting it looked at for clunking when put into gear, it drove fine for about an hour or two, and then it was o/d off and erratic/abrupt shifting

so first, they road test it, draw their conclusions that it's the torque converter, apparently fix it right, (after knocking one of those dowells off the radiator causing it to be replaced and having to rent a car for the weekend) and when I took it in after 2 days of driving fine except for that clunk, the O/d off started flashing on the highway and when I got off at the next exit (didn't want to turn 4 grand on the highway long) it starts slamming through the gears, hell it even chirped the tires from 2>3 if you can beleive that

so now it's in again, and the only excuse they can give me is that they don't work on alot of tours

It's been a week of this, and I'm about ready to take a hostage...it's going in monday for yet another torque converter
oh aamco will ya ever fix it? :

rest of the trans seemed to be in good shape as it were.

this car's been babied since 45k, but the first 45k, I haven't a clue...it was...a rental

I think I'll give up hope now, and buy a friggin saturn

here's some sad, sad pictures, heh


edit: that scratch is a scratch they put on it as well...to add insult to injury

Unless the fix the TC bypass valve and the line pressure regulator valve, the TC will fail again shortly. This is a well know and common problem with the CD4e. They will have to rebuild or install a rebuilt and modified valve body. This is very important with the 95 because the line reg valve gets stuck and causes the extreme pressure in the TC. The TC will actually bulge from the pressure. This is the likely the cause of your noise. Also during this condition the flow to the cooler is cut off causing overheated fluid and hard shifts. If the VB is not repaired the entire transmission will fail. Fix it now so you don�t have to do it again.

jeff

I will let my guy know tomarrow, I told him I'd check with you guys since this relates to the specific vehicle as opposed to a rather broad base of foreign and domestic cars seen by him on a day to day basis.

Thanks

There is a TransGo shift correction kit.......about 35 dollars from www.bulkparts.com......

If they pull the trans why not do a complete rebuild?




bob

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hell it even chirped the tires from 2>3 if you can beleive that

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done that, it was fun, but very bad for the tranny

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I think I'll give up hope now, and buy a friggin saturn

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thats a , the contour was the replacement for the saturn my GF drove, and it has lasted about 100 times longer and looks better , also a lot faster

Is that engine being held in place by that jack on the oil pan??????? Hmmmm, not good......

They got your subframe off with the tie rods connected, the y pipe on and the p.s. rack and lines in place?

They sure as heck aren't following a Ford service manual on that job. Is your steering rack just hanging there by the tie rod ends?

Well the front and rear roll resistors are not there since the frame is out. The tranny mount is out since the atx is out. The only mount that may still be connected is the one on your passenger side. So if I am looking at your picture correctly the one mount is holding the engine from moving around and the stand on that edge of the oil pan is holding the other end of the engine up!! Don't be surprised if you have an oil pan leak afterwards!!!!! You would have thought they would have least put a block of wood there.....