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About \Ford Tarus transmission 1989 GL.- (Auto trasnsmission man!)?
Neighbor had a stroke in Dec.-- Now his station wagon refuses to shift out of low gear, needs car to haul wheel chair around! Wondering if anything I can do without pulling the trans.? Would removing the valve body and cleaning out possibly fix the problem? Possibly this is a common problem with this model car?" Please, - no "cute answers" -- he can't afford a lot of money right now to change transmission or buy a new car! Reverse is fine, - no effort to shift up, acts just like it is "pulled down in first gear" on selector!
After 50 years as a mechanic, - I am smart enough to check the transmission fluid! As a matter of fact it is slightly over-full! And I don't even consider owning a Ford unless it has streight 6 or v8 engines, because the engines aren't very "hot" either.
All that aside , - These people are pretty much out of money, and will not buy a transmission at any price, because they don't have the money right now!
Trnasmission worked fine till one day it just refused to shift up, - no slippage, no "hopping" back and forth betweeen gears or anything. It opeartes just as if it has one gear foreward (Just like a standard would if you had it in first gear). Since it appears to be "hung" in gear I figured there might be some thing that I can do with out tearing the transmission down. I myself am 68 years old, and not quirte up to changing transmissions out anyway!
3 Answers
- omnisourceLv 61 decade ago
I had an '88 Taurus with a lousy automatic tranny, too. The 3.0l engines last a lot longer than the transmissions do. The aftermarket replacement price on those trannys is around $2500! Often, this is a lot more than the residual value left in a car this old.
Before anything else, make sure to check the transmission fluid level, cuz low tranny fluid can cause all kinds of shifting problems.
Good luck!
- the_buccaruLv 51 decade ago
Ford had lots of problems with the old transmission. It wasn't improved until the late 90s. That old of a Taurus is not worth putting much money in and I doubt that you could find a used trans that works from a salvage yard for that old of a car. Sorry for his problems.
