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Help! Geo Metro Transmission Problem

By Cornish - usenet poster


Hello and thanks for reading,
I have a 92 Metro, 4 Door, 3 Cylinder, Automatic.
The transmission does not want to engage in drive unless I give it a little
gas. It does the same thing in reverse sometimes too. Back in the 60,s, if
you had this problem, it was most likely a bad modulator valve. I cant seem
to find one on this car. Any ideas?

Regards,

Gilbert

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posted on Oct 05, 2008
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eearley

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Is the idle set too low? Tranny pump may need replacement. I have this same car and am having a different tranny problem: mine downshifts at random. It does not slip; it just downshifts and then back up again and down and up and down and up. Sometimes it will work fine, but other times I look like a 16-year-old girl driving a stick. Any suggestions out there? I have not found a vacuum modulator either. It is just the throttle cable?

Comment posted on Oct 05, 2008

Is the idle set too low? Tranny pump may need replacement. I have this same car and am having a different tranny problem: mine downshifts at random. It does not slip; it just downshifts and then back up again and down and up and down and up. Sometimes it will work fine, but other times I look like a 16-year-old girl driving a stick. Any suggestions out there? I have not found a vacuum modulator either. It is just the throttle cable?
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posted on May 14, 2008
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Time to return the can for deposit. lol. Sorry i could not resist. No idea
here. Good luck.
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I don't think GM used vacuum modulators on any cars that late, the
connection there is through the throttle valve cable. Can't see that causing
this kind of problem, though, so it's probably safe to say it's an internal
transmission problem. This would be Gary's cue to come and say what exactly
it might be :-)

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Minor disagreement: GM did put tranny modulators on some models. I have a 1991
OD automatic in a Ciera wagon which has one. I've seen them in 1992's.

Myron E. Williams
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geo`s r famuos 4 that problem.i was a towtruck driver.i towed lot`s of
geo`s.most of them were tranny
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