no 3-4 shift

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no 3-4 shift

October 20, 2004, 11:52:25 AM

I have 88 sport bird and at full throttle it wont shift from 3-4th. I have to back off the throttle and tap it before it will shift to 4th. This is a real problem when trying to go top end with other cars i cant reach top speed because i cant stay on the pedal full throttle when in 4th or it will jump down to 3rd. please help

Re: no 3-4 shift

Reply #1 – October 20, 2004, 12:11:23 PM

Is it really normal for a car to do a 3-4 at WOT? I don't think it's a part of the stock AOD design. I don't think my car does it.

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Reply #2 – October 20, 2004, 12:35:50 PM

No, WOT is cut out for a 3-4 shift on a factory AOD. Only way to eliminate that is via a shift kit.

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Reply #3 – October 20, 2004, 01:27:06 PM

Your not going to do much passing in OD anyway

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Reply #4 – October 20, 2004, 02:10:43 PM

sadly its true. get a shift kit and toss in some 373s. smile big

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Reply #5 – October 20, 2004, 07:27:35 PM

The stock OD band and servo is not designed to handle enough HP to use OD at WOT. The Trans-Go shift kit will allow the tranny to shift into OD, but you better at least up grade the servo, or your OD band will be toast.

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Reply #6 – October 20, 2004, 10:43:07 PM

What Tom said, and also the stock input shaft might not be up to par. If your determined to have it shift into OD at WOT, install a transgo shift kit, upgrade servos, and install a hardened input shaft.