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My daughter has a 92 ford tempo 2.3L automatic that suddenly has no forward or reverse gears. Fluid level is high despite not adding any fluid. Any ideas?

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Blocked transmission fluid not circulation through system could be a clogged filter. Might have burned out transmission. Check fluid for a burnt smell and a greyish color to check color whip dipstick on a white paper towel. If grey that is metal shavings and transmission is heavy damage inside

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  • Posted on Jul 23, 2008

SOURCE: 1992 Honda accord automatic-4 cyl ex

how many liters is the engine on 92 honda accord ex? when i get up to about 45mph or somtimes 60mph the car jerks and then after that the check engine light comes on what could be the problem?

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Dec 19, 2008

SOURCE: ford transmission 86 4wd will not shift to high gear

It is hard to say from your description what the problem is ... could be linkage issue ... could be trans is going as is with the other poster ...
Losing overdrive. Clutches (bands/clutches) have had it. Be careful driving without that top gear ... doing too high a speed without the appropriate gear causes extra stress on your engine that could accelerate further problems. Try to do only driving at a low enough speed that the top gear is not missed ... will help the vehical last as long as possible.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 29, 2009

SOURCE: transmission will not engage 2003 Hundai Accent automatic

Tatter Todd quickly came to the rescue. I followed his guidance of shifting through all gears, circulating and spreading the tranny fluid, being patient, and it worked. I ended up having to add more fluid which fixed the problem.

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  • Posted on Jun 23, 2009

SOURCE: 1997 chevy blazer 4*4 will not go into reverse

You may have a bad revers solenoid. Check the fuse and look for any of the fuse to be bad like the transmission fuse. Best thing to do is get the blazer scanned at Auto Zone free of charge for any DTC codes that may be affecting your transmission's performance. Try this, place the ignition to the run position and pull the ECM(BATT) fuse out for 30 seconds and then place it back in. Start the Blazer, it may stall but let it. Just start it again the ECM is just relearning the engine and transmission, let it idle for 1 min and then go for a test drive. This should reset everything in the truck's ECM like the day it was first started and any DTC code will be new and active. Do not add any additives like lucas transmission fluid repair, that will just make it worst. Any additive that may the transmission thicker will make the fluid retention more making the shift solenoid stick causing shift conflicts. Good luck and keep me posted. No revers is ether a bad solenoid, bad PCM signal, or broken sun gear. 

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  • Posted on Jul 21, 2009

SOURCE: transmision ax4n not working

Possible bad valve body in transmission or a clogged transimission filter. The only way to check either is to pull the transmission pan.

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