Did you recently take on (or consider) a loan of 84 months or longer on a car purchase?
A reporter would like to speak with you about your experience; please reach out to PR@Edmunds.com by 7/25 for details.
A reporter would like to speak with you about your experience; please reach out to PR@Edmunds.com by 7/25 for details.
Options
Comments
However, it appears as if there might be an access panel under the carpet and front seats. I could see from below what looked like a panel and some screws sunk in from above. So, I started to take the seats out to see if there is a panel there.
So, my two current quesitons:
- Is there indeed a panel that I can get to by removing seats and pulling up carpet?
- If so, and assuming I get to the valve, what is the procedure for removing it? Are there bolts or some sort of a flange holding it in?
Thanks!
There is a panel above the trans (where the stick shift would be for a manual). From that spot, it's actually pretty easy to get to the modulator. So, I was able to change it out. When I did, there was definitely fluid in the vacuum line - and it was pretty dark. One post I saw somewhere said to run the engine with the vac line disconnected for a minute or so to clear the line. So, I did that.
Got it all hooked up, started her up. Transmission will not engage in any gear. When I put it into drive, I can hear a faint metal sliding noise coming from the trans (because I still have the access panel removed. Of course, this could very well be a bad thing - I don't know. I'm afraid the trans is a-goner, but I'm just not so sure since it was perfectly fine the day before this all happened. Can you fry a transmission that quickly?
The day it happened, it was driving great in the morning. Then, I noticed a hard shift once or twice getting into gear. I noticed the white smoke coming out the back which led us to the vac valve. But, later in the day it started slipping in and out of gear and within about 10 minutes wouldn't engage at all.
Thoughts on where to go from here? I can change the fluid but I'm not sure it would cause it not to engage at all? I also understand there are a couple of solenoids on this unit? It is indeed the A4LD like I thought.
Need ideas - help! :-)
Thanks!
KCRam - Pickups/Wagons/Vans+Minivans Host
Thanks
VLP1