Transmission problem
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From: Gaithersburg Maryland
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St. Jude's Donor '06-'10-'11, '15
Transmission problem
During an HPDE I lost all forward gears-1,3,5,R. It seems like it should be a simple linkage issue. Any tips before I take down the tunnel plate ?
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From: Lewisville TX
St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13
Fluid condition? I know they do not have a dipstick but there is an access plug on the side of the transmission.
Is it locked in a gear, or just not have any gears like it is stuck in N?
I have seen them try to engage 1-2 at the same time and lock them up. Typically that is an electrical problem and you have to drop the pan and valve body.
Any scanner tool at the house that will let you see what the computer is commanding the transmission to do?
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From: Gaithersburg Maryland
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St. Jude's Donor '06-'10-'11, '15
Basically all the forward gears. I can shift normally into 2,4,6. It happened all at once. It really acts like something is holding the shift linkage out.
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Before you put it on a lift try pulling the facia from the radio/shifter and looking at the shifter box/linkage thats visible there. Hopefully the linkage problem is there instead of inside the transmission.
