auto tranny work
 

hey my girlfriend's 89 won't move i think her clutch is gone but i'm not sure we are selling the car right now and i want to know how hard is it to fix this compared to the manual tranny because i can do manual fine but auto i don't know about because of the extra parts like torque converter also would i need a new torque converter and how much owuld these parts be? i just need an oem swap so we can get more money for the car rather than just like 700

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that doesn't make any sense

just read it

i'm selling my girlfriend's car but the car won't run because the clutch is shot its gone won't work and if we can fix this problem i might be able to get more money or keep it but i need to know information about auto tranny's because i can work with manual tranny's just fine but i have no knowledge about auto other than it has valves and torque converters and such

no man, what he means is it doesnt makesense what ur saying. there is no clutch in automatic automobiles, only in standard ones.

thats the stuff i need to know like what it takes for a automatic transmission to slip like the engine is fine but there is no movement in teh car so i need to konw what to replace or fix in an automatic so i'm guessing its a torqueconverter then?

Well first of all what happened do you no for a fact? Was it slipping? does the car start? maybe it isnt the transmission try pushing and holding the shift knobe up foward if heard of somepoeple have a problem starting there autos and this would make the car start. But if you think it is they tranny you can probly pick one up at autozone or somthing for like less then a grand then you get the core charge or just rebuild the one you got with will got you like 2000 dallors.

And as far as i no automatics have clutches to you just dont engage them the car does it on its own

I would defenitly tow it to a transmission shop before just selling it it might be an easy fix

I am confused too. Does the car have a manual or automatic transmission? Sounds like it might have a manual from the parts description, but then you ask about an automatic? Which is it? And yes the auto does have clutches but different types and they are activated differently.


Let us know.

Russ

i honestly don't see what is so confusing

1. 1989 non turbo
2. automatic transmission
3. Engine starts and runs strong
4. transmission won't move the car

why won't the car move?

it has something to do with the transmission but i don't know what

(important) i only know how to work on MANUAL transmissions


(important) i have no idea how an AUTOMATIC transmissions and what would cause the whole car not to move if the engine is running but i hit the gas and it only revs and won't move but it is in drive

none of the gears work

Dosent it back up or anything? Maybe linkage slipped out? other then that the onlything i can say is let a professional take a look at it, atleast then you will know the whole story.

yes they do have clutches
 

or better none as clutch band?
check automatic filter

can u feel it move into gear when u move the shifter if u cant it just goes throught without moving prob your shiftin linkage if it goes in ot gear and wont move prob your torque converter bolts cmae out and your torque converter isnot hooked up to the flywheel

no i can't feel anything when i move the shifter

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sounds actually like the internal seals are broken and the system cant build up pressure, after all its just a Hydrolic system. i had that problem with a transmission and replaces it. bought a JDM transmission online.

but a problem im having now. which i am not understanding. when i start driving will stay in first gear until it warms up a little bit.

It sounds like the infernal pressure disc unit has a glitch in the coupler device. You can fix it by moving the shifter up and down and not pressuring the lifter when you see the red light come on, but your girlfiend should not be looking at it when that happens or it will never go into gear 2 while warming the gearbox up three times and cleaning the filter to let the fluid drain into the lower case box.

If that made any sense to anyone then they should be able to diagnose this transmission problem. I have been working on my cars as a hobby for many years and worked on them as a mechanic a while back and I still can't tell if he is trying to fix a manual transmission, automatic transmission or trying to fix the muffler bearings.

Good luck with it.

Russ

okay for the last time it is an automatic transmission and the problem is that there is no movement in the car when i put it into drive or second gear or first gear and the reverse does not work either

OK, I guess this question has already been answered, but I missed it somewhere. The mods listed below the question, are they your car or your girlfriends? If it is for the girlfriends car then the Clutch masters FX300 is a waste of money because that is a replacement for a MANUAL transmission.

If it is indeed an automatic transmission then either the filter is clogged, the torque converter is bad or the fluid level is way low or non existent. If the second is the problem then the trans has to come out and if it is out then you might as well ahve a shop look at it. If the first and third is bad then fix those and see what happens.

The last thing I can think of is that the linkage is not hooked up and the trans is not being moved into any gears at all and that means crawling under the car to check that part. If you decide to change to a manual tranny, it is possible, I have done it, but you run into some issues in the change that can be annoying. Like the cruise control won't work and the O/D light stays on all the time.

Russ

the list is for my 87 turbo and thanks for the info