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Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 17:02:53 +0200
From: "K.M." <kai.manniknospamku.com>
Subject: Re: Transmission trouble


"Craig's C900 Site" <c900nospam.apana.org.au> kirjoitti viestiss”:crqe6f$piv$2nospam.apana.org.au... > So the first reply went to Craig's C900 site... :-) Yes, the car has automatic transmission, forgot to put that in my original message. So a bit more about the symptoms: the car is shifting but it's moving very slowly at first, until the transmission (I think) warms up a bit. The engine has to run fast to get the car going. We are now talking of temperatures below 0ƒC (32F?). The car has done the same before but the temperature then was about -15ƒC (5F?), but now it happens even in 0ƒC. The car is old and does not have any computers or like, so it's all mechanic. When the car is running warm, it behaves normally. There is really not so much power than you would expect from a engine of that size, but I've thought that is't because it is an old car, driven more than 300000 km:s, so the engine too might be a little worn out. The biggest trouble in this is that I haven't managed to get a repairhandbook concerning automatic transmission, not Saab or any other either. Automatic transmission is not so common here in Finland so there aren't many in here who can repair them, and those who exist are very expensive, that's why I really would like to do this myself. > Presumably this is on a car which has an automatic transmission? Because > auto's are dependent on more things to transmit the energy from the engine's > crankshaft to the wheels, there's more that can go wrong... > > My current car is an 1982/83 900S with an auto, and on very cold mornings, > the auto slips noticably when moving off in an uphill direction. It appears > like one of the bands plays up in cold weather, but I've never had the > engine out of the car in the two years I've owned it so the tranmission > hasn't been fully-serviced in that time either. The auto transmission will > be coming out as soon as possible to put a rebuilt manual transmission in. > > Also, if the torque converter section has leaks, or some of the internal > valving isn't seating or opening properly, the transmission will behave like > it's shedding power and either do nothing or produce very little output with > increasing engine revs. > > Regards, > > Craig. > -- > Craig's Saab C900 Page --> http://nospam/~c900 Sydney, NSW Australia > Craig's Saab C900 Workshop -- For all Saab C900 Enthusiasts world-wide! > http://www.nospam.net http://www.nospam c900nospam.apana.org.au > Come and explore our site, and check out our web-forums, mailing list, etc.

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