Transmission Slipping again
I posted about this not long ago but I really need to address it. This is not my everyday car and with so many, I really only drive it a few times a month. I plan on driving it more, but this trans problem is also preventing me from doing so.
Here it is again.
I do not think that temp. is a factor as it was about 45º this morning. I let the car warm up for about 8 minutes while I waited with my daughter at the bus stop. When I got in the car and put it in gear, it pulled away but really slowly. After a few seconds it was fine. Kinda like it needed to build up pressure. I drove it the 5 miles to work with no hesitation or pulling problems. I got on it a few time and all seemed fine. When I got to work and put it into reverse, it would only barely back up so I pulled around to another spot, tried it again and then gave up and pulled head in.
Brief history.
Car sat for about 6 years in friends driveway. It was his daily driver and he is the original owner. 142,000 miles of which I have driven 1000 and there have not been any problems until late. I did not do any maintenance to the transmission when I got it. Should I have and if so what? I had a similar problem in the OD unit on my MG and it turned out to be about $12 in o-rings and about an hour's work dropping tha cover on the OD unit and pulling out the solenoid to replace 5 differnt rings. Could this be something fairly easy that I can just drop the pan, replace a few o-rings and then replace filter, gasket and fluid? Could it be as easy as just a filter and fluid change? The PO does not recall any work done to the trans and he is still trying to locate his folder of reciepts.
Any into would be a major help to me.
Thanks
Vince
1952 MG TD
1963 MGB
1967 MGB GT Special
1974 MGB Roadster
1991 Ford Ranger
1997 BMW 528I
2000 Harley Davidson Softail
2004 Ford Expedition