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Tauni
10-14-2005, 04:23 PM
Talk about a shitty day. I took the damn car into Kennedy and the guy pretty much laid it out for me. He's going to drive it again Tuesday early morning while the piece of shit is still cold, but he says the thing is pretty much effed up. So it's for sale now. And I'm sad. :(
Kougar
10-14-2005, 06:21 PM
Sad over a gourmet neon? Nonsense! You should be happy since you can upgrade now! :-D





I don't expect you to actually be happy, but there's some good in everything eh? Sucks for your loss nonetheless.
Tauni
10-15-2005, 12:41 PM
Yes I'm sad about my GLORIFIED. We will just have to see what I end up with next spring?!
Addicted2DSM
10-15-2005, 02:10 PM
go AWD Turbo and name it underrated Evo :cool:
Goat Blower
10-16-2005, 12:15 AM
Change the fluid and filter, use stock tranny fluid. Three out of four times I've done this on older autos, it's fixed the problem. If you can do it yourself, you're only out $100 if the tranny is for sure bad.

I wouldn't always trust what a tranny shop says, just think about what keeps their shop open and the guys paid. Bring in a car to the same shop with a known good tranny and see if they give you the same diagnosis.
tim
10-16-2005, 07:28 PM
Change the fluid and filter, use stock tranny fluid. Three out of four times I've done this on older autos, it's fixed the problem. If you can do it yourself, you're only out $100 if the tranny is for sure bad.

I wouldn't always trust what a tranny shop says, just think about what keeps their shop open and the guys paid. Bring in a car to the same shop with a known good tranny and see if they give you the same diagnosis.
I definitely agree with both of your statements but a tranny shop is not going to tell you to have them do a flush and then have you come back bitching when it didn't do anything to fix it. Even though they have a business to run any reputable shop will not tell you something that will hurt their reputation.

I agree with the fluid and filter change; if it doesn't fix it then you are only out a little cash.
Tauni
10-16-2005, 08:58 PM
The car is effed, I found more shit wrong with it. I'm just going to fix the cheap shit and sell the POS as is. Fuck it.
Goat Blower
10-16-2005, 11:42 PM
I was thinking of a Jiffy Screw or doing it yourself. I'd never have a tranny shop do a simple fluid and filter change.

Steve

I definitely agree with both of your statements but a tranny shop is not going to tell you to have them do a flush and then have you come back bitching when it didn't do anything to fix it. Even though they have a business to run any reputable shop will not tell you something that will hurt their reputation.

I agree with the fluid and filter change; if it doesn't fix it then you are only out a little cash.
Tauni
10-22-2005, 02:54 PM
Update:

I was getting ready to do an oil change and I decided to check out the spark plugs. Right away I noticed the whole area around them was drenched in oil. So I started pulling out plugs and every single one looked great except the very last one on the drivers side. At first I was confused because I didn't see anything down there. I knew it had to be there, though, because the car was not misfiring at all. So I look at it with a flash light and notice that its completely barried by oil. I notice that the boot is drenched as well. So I had the valve cover gasket replaced and this weekend I am replaced that spark plug and spark plug wire. Then everything should be good to go, other than the tranny issues.

Oh yah. About that. I took the car back to the tranny shop as I had said I was going to do and he said he thought it had something to do with a thing called [and I doubt I will spell this right, but..] a Prindel Switch. I'd never heard of it before and neither had my boyfriend. So he started looking for it on the computer's at work, seeing if it might be in the warehouse, and I started looking around on line to find out what it was, what it did, etc. Neither of us found anything that even came close. So I was wondering if any one has heard of it.
93sc
10-22-2005, 03:41 PM
P R N D L In an electronically controlled tranny if that switch or sensor goes bad your tranny can be trying to switch gears or not know what gear it's supposed to be in which leads to some very strange tranny behavior. At least thats the way it is with birds, and I have no idea how the trannys work in DSM's.