First Gear Holding In To Long

[jippa]

hey everyone had a stagea for a few months now and found my first problem. under hard acceleration in first gear it hits the limmiter and bogs down then changes to secound. this has only started to happen in the last few days. anyone got any ideas

[AlexCim]

Take it off power mode?

Gearbox slipping?

[Stinky Rooster]

How about investing in a fluid flush at your next trans service? It may be that you have some crap floating around in the bottom of the transmission that is coming up to the valve body under high pressure (read high revs).

If you do it, ask the tech to make sure there are a couple of magnets in the bottom of the trans oil pan. They are valuable for picking up ferrous peices of muck that get into the oil, and it never ceases to amaze me how many people have them removed because they don't think they should be there.

[jippa]

just been for another drive but took it easy (no high revs) and found another problem. on the freeway when it changed to third gear at half revs it started to slip and had to back of to get grip. I think i got an idea of wats wrong , something to do with the bands slipping? thought i would have noticed some symptoms before yesterday though. is this going to be expensive to fix

[AlexCim]

Expensive, yes.

You are talking 1000-1500 to replace the bands. Go for Kevlar bands as they are not much more expensive than standard but much stronger. Its the labour that is the killer.

[3intheBack]

Get onto qikstagea - he has a box lying on the ground out the front of his house.

The input shaft is 'shafted' and the bell housing is smashed, but the internals should be ok.

[Race_Bred]

you could start by checking the oil level in the transmission...

[jippa]

fluid levels are fine and fluid looks clean, nice and pink. the sliping seems to be getting worse and seems to be in third. droped her of cos shes due for a service to keep my waranty and there going to check it out for me... hope its not the tourqe converter ( not covered in warranty ). gotta love that warranty got me splitfire coilpacks for free. yay...

[jippa]

they told me it is, or feels like the clutch packs and first and third share the same pack so thats why i mainly noticed it in third and not first. That warranty is comin in handy. covers up to 2000 and im getting them to do my valvebody while there at it

[Ska]

Upgrade it to a MJ's, or whatever it is that Alex got!

[stasis]

Upgrade it to a MJ's, or whatever it is that Alex got!

lol

[AlexCim]

MV automatics in Adelaide.