Hello gentleman, I finally (after 6 years) got my comet to move under its own power. Unfortunatly the transmission won't properly work. The issues are and please bear with me as I know pretty much zilch about automatic transmissions. When I start the car and go into gear,reverse,drive,whatever gear it works but I can't shift to another gear.Like if its in reverse first it won't go into drive after,but it does have a positive shift out of reverse. When I drove it down the road it wouldnt upshift then the gear cut out.If I turn off the car and restart it,it will go back into gear. The transmission worked fine.........ten years ago when I had it in my truck with the same motor.I never took it apart just put the motor/trans in the car as a unit.The only difference from then to now is a different shift set up,no kick down linkage,and a different trans cooler. I filled it up per the manual because it was a little low on fluid.I pulled the trans cooler lines to see if it was pumping fluid and it is.But the fluid is pretty milky(Im****uming from the torque converter).I was going to drain the fluid and replace the filter to see if that made any difference.But I figured I would see if anyone had some insight into the goings on with this*******. Again I'm a big ol dummy when it comes to this.Hopefully I explained it well enough. Any help is greatly appreciated!
It got rained on a few times while it sat outside of my garage a couple weeks.But besides those couple of weeks its been in my garage.
A trans sitting for that long a time can develop many problems. Seals harden and valve body valves might stick and give irratic operation. If you don't know automatic transmissions, find a shop you trust.
If it got water in it that can't be good. I was under the understanding that they used water base glue on the clutch plates.
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