On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 09:00:32AM -0600, Dave M. wrote: > My dad is visting at the moment, and he also has a 1987 300D. The car > had the tranny fluid (Mobil-1) & filter changed about 20kmi ago. The > car now has 160k on it. Full throttle shifts are perfect, nice and > crisp. However it flares slightly at part throttle shifts. Not bad, my > dad never noticed, but I can tell the flare is present. I adjusted the > modulator on the IP fully CCW (firm) but that didnt' help. I then > turned the modulator on the tranny one turn CW (firmer) but that > didn't do much either. It's not a vacuum leak, since a leak would > cause firm shifts, not flaring (soft). Anyone have any ideas? I've not > yet put a vac gauge in-line to the signal to the trans to get actual > vac readings yet, I'll do that soon. Is it possible the tranny could > be getting near rebuild time, even though full-throttle shifts are > good? The trans is bone dry and doesn't leak anywhere, which (IMO) is > amazing....
I'm keeping an eye on this one, as the 87 300D I have has started to do this. Catch is, it doesn't always do it, and it only does it on the 2-3 shift. WOT vs medium throttle doesn't have much of a correlation, but light throttle never causes it. K
