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Old May 27, 2010 | 10:36 PM
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Lost the trans in my 87 coupe the other day. Put it in gear and the motor revs but the car goes nowhere at first then it slowly starts to roll.

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Old May 28, 2010 | 12:23 AM
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Any ideas?
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Ed
First one is that it might be helpful to know if it's an automatic or manual...

Noises???
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Old May 28, 2010 | 06:17 AM
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Originally Posted by phlounda
Lost the trans in my 87 coupe the other day. Put it in gear and the motor revs but the car goes nowhere at first then it slowly starts to roll.

Any ideas?
Thanks,

Ed
I would fix it.
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Old May 28, 2010 | 08:51 AM
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rebuilds of 700r4's arent much....unless you get it built for racing.
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rebuilds of 700r4's arent much....unless you get it built for racing.
They are in his home state. Everything up there costs an arm and a leg.
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They are in his home state. Everything up there costs an arm and a leg.
that sucks. Its dirt cheap where I live, hell ive had guys at the track offer to rebuild mine for free just to get the practice
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Originally Posted by Pete K
They are in his home state. Everything up there costs an arm and a leg.
MA like CA is just leading the way. That's going to be "spread around" to the rest of us soon enough.
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Old May 28, 2010 | 08:14 PM
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it an automatic. No warning, just no go.
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I would fix it.
I bet you could
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First thing to do is check the fluid level. If the filter is clogged, fell down or cracked, it could be sucking air.
If the car works fine in reverse, this is not likely the case.
If you have no forward, or reverse check the fluid level with the engine off, then start it and check again. If the level stays the same the pump broke, the flexplate bolts fell out, or the converter broke.
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