No 1st gear after rebuild except for manually BUT.......

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frazinator
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No 1st gear after rebuild except for manually BUT.......

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As you may be able to see I had an issue with first gear slamming hard from 1 to 2nd.....after a few months It was starting in second all the time with no 1st at all UNLESS I put it in there manually...then it would bind like the brakes being on. After fluid and filter change etc etc...I had it rebuilt by a reputable guy....I had 1st gear for a but then the same thing happened...no 1st. If I put it there manually (in #1 on the dash) it still seems like its binding a bit. I took it back to him and he says the computer says its shifting fine but I konw its not. My engine light was on due to oxygen sensor...tranny guy says to change it and thats why its running crappy..... Did that..engine light off..still the same. Any suggestions? BTW the van runs and shifts great except its very sluggish on the take off..

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Re: No 1st gear after rebuild except for manually BUT.......

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What year?
Current rides:
2013 Toyota Tundra DC 4x4
2008 Dodge Nitro 4x4
2005 Nissan Sentra 1.8S Special Edition

Mileage spreadsheet

Vans owned:
1986 Safari 2.5L 4 speed manual - scrapped
1995 Astro 2WD conversion 4.11 posi, shift kit, DHC rock rails - sold to Skippy
1998 Astro 4x4 D44, D60, NP231, full hydraulic system with 9k# Milemarker winch and snow plow - sold to Lockdoc
2003 Astro AWD all stock - traded for a 3/4 ton truck
2005 AWD, 4.10's - sold to skippy

Topic author
frazinator
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Joined: Wed Feb 05, 2014 12:53 pm

Re: No 1st gear after rebuild except for manually BUT.......

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2000
Coming home tonight I went to pass someone and when it kicked into passing gear, it was working good for about 2-3 seconds and started slipping...bad

as well......there are no codes on the dash etc...could there have been something wrong with the housing of the entire tranny? Im stumped and not much of a tranny guy to begin with.

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Re: No 1st gear after rebuild except for manually BUT.......

Post by LiftedAWDAstro »

I would like to help you but I too am not much of a transmission internals guy. Sounds to me like the guy who did the rebuild needs to drive it and make it work.
Current rides:
2013 Toyota Tundra DC 4x4
2008 Dodge Nitro 4x4
2005 Nissan Sentra 1.8S Special Edition

Mileage spreadsheet

Vans owned:
1986 Safari 2.5L 4 speed manual - scrapped
1995 Astro 2WD conversion 4.11 posi, shift kit, DHC rock rails - sold to Skippy
1998 Astro 4x4 D44, D60, NP231, full hydraulic system with 9k# Milemarker winch and snow plow - sold to Lockdoc
2003 Astro AWD all stock - traded for a 3/4 ton truck
2005 AWD, 4.10's - sold to skippy
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