Thread: Rebuilt Trans in February - 3rd to 4th Gear Problems w hardened installed

Yeah, disconnecting the battery again didn't do anything. I also called my orig tranny shop and he still maintains there is nothing wrong with the trans after I told him everything about the TPS and the change in symptoms. He even gave me two referals to other trans shops so I can get second/third opinions. He says what I'm describing sounds like a bad misfire. I still don't know one way or the other. Never in my life have I wished for a check engine light so that I had some kind of direction (aside from just cracking the trans open).
So I might try looking at the spark plugs just for kicks, and will probably take the car to some tranny shops and see what they say. Yesterday was kind of crazy so I didn't have time to get the car ready to take in to a shop this morning so it's just going to have to sit for today (which sucks because I saw gas prices went up and I'm still driving my 14 MPG Jeep 40 miles a day to and from work I [I know there are different schools of thought on who actually makes gas prices go up, but whoever they are, I hope they rot in hell - this is ridiculous]).
But anyway, if anyone has any more suggestions on what this might be, feel free to chime in.

Originally Posted by SliceTheRice

Yeah, disconnecting the battery again didn't do anything. I also called my orig tranny shop and he still maintains there is nothing wrong with the trans after I told him everything about the TPS and the change in symptoms. He even gave me two referals to other trans shops so I can get second/third opinions. He says what I'm describing sounds like a bad misfire. I still don't know one way or the other. Never in my life have I wished for a check engine light so that I had some kind of direction (aside from just cracking the trans open).
So I might try looking at the spark plugs just for kicks, and will probably take the car to some tranny shops and see what they say. Yesterday was kind of crazy so I didn't have time to get the car ready to take in to a shop this morning so it's just going to have to sit for today (which sucks because I saw gas prices went up and I'm still driving my 14 MPG Jeep 40 miles a day to and from work I [I know there are different schools of thought on who actually makes gas prices go up, but whoever they are, I hope they rot in hell - this is ridiculous]).
But anyway, if anyone has any more suggestions on what this might be, feel free to chime in.

Do you have a scanner where you could see the engine and transmission data? I doubt if you have a msifire as that would set the SES if you had enough misfires, but it wouldn't hurt to look at the misfire counters to see if there is any activity going on there. You could still have some misfires, but if there weren't enough in its sampling, the SES wouldn't come on. At least it wouldn't hurt to take a look. As far as the tranny data, you could confirm for yourself about the slippage of the torque converter. Did the dealership say anything about a code that was set by the tranny?