Oh boy, this is a simple DIY job. You don;t need fancy tools as long as you are patient and clean. The Torque Converter Solenoid costs $70 at NAPA. The whole job for a novice takes about 2 hours. You'll have to remove the battery and battery plate to get enough room to disconnect the wire connector and remove three small bolts. Before you remove them, clean the entire area with Simple Green and an old toothbrush and wash it off with water. Remove the solenoid and then use a safety razor blade to scrape off any gasket material let on the polished face. Try to get as much off intact as you possibly can. Little bits will fall into the holes, so you'll need a long clear plastic tube to suck the oil up and empty each time from the gasket bits until they are as good as you can get them. Do all the holes! Place the new gasket on the new solenoid with the bolts holding it on and screw them in, reconnect the connector and then reinstall the battery. If you haven't done a ATF service, this is a good time to do it too. Costs $35 in parts and you'll need two oil drain pans to contain the ATF once you break the sump bolts. Scrape the gasket off, clean off the metal filings from the magnet inside and replace it, Simple Green works great inside to! Finally pop the old filter off and press the new one on... make sure the new one has an 'O' ring on it or reuse the old one. Refit the sump with new gasket and refill with 5 qts of Castrol ATF +4. Turn on the the engine and cycle through thr tranny and let the fluid warm up. Turn off the car and chekc the fluid level again and top it up to the warm or hot line on the dip stick. NEVER use anything but ATF+4 in this transmission or you're hosed. Lucas trannie medic Non-Slip is a ***** sentence to this transmission. ATF+4 pours like water... if anything is in there that is thicker, it been monkeyed with.
SOURCE: 2003 Cruiser vibrates or shakes
I know that the PT's, Neon's and Stratus's shake when in gear at a stop. It maybe possible that its time for a tune up aka Spark plugs and Plug wires.
SOURCE: 93 Chrysler Le Baron Dying
I'm not a mechanic, but your story sounded so familiar I thought I would reply. My Dad's 94 Dodge Spirit V6 (same car basically) behaved exactly the same as your LeBaron, to the extent that he was tired of being left stranded and no longer felt comfortable driving the car. The car was otherwise well-maintained and in great shape, so I was frustrated too. After a lot of digging and reading forums on the internet and chatting with a neighborhood mechanic, one suggestion that kept coming up was the pickup coil (Hall Effect sensor) located in the distributor. Apparently this was an occasional problem with these cars, and would not necessarily show up in a diagnostic.I priced one out at a parts store and recall it was a couple hundred bucks...too much for an iffy experiment. But, they were kind enough to print me a picture of it from their parts book. I went to a self-serve auto wrecker and snatched one from the distributor of another car (a 95 Acclaim with the same 3.0 V6). They charged me $5 for it. Anyway, I exchanged it with the one in my Dad's Spirit. That was a couple of years ago, and the car has never given him trouble since. If you are still fighting this problem you could always give this a try.
Michael
SOURCE: Trouble codes p0301 and p1684
It seems like P1684 is a com problem with the modules. As far as your cyl. #1 misfire try switching the coil, plug and see if the problem follows to the cyl. you swapped plug and coil with, this will help issolate the cause. Also look for oil accumulation in the plug hole, cracked coil, arcking through the plug boot.
SOURCE: 2000 chrysler voyager van
Since yours is a forward engine car. The transaxle must be located in the front.
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