3800 4 SPD is Actually a Five SPD
#1
02-15-2013, 03:23 PM
3800 4 SPD is Actually a Five SPD
Yo. I am new here, so this will also be my 'hello I'm a noob post'
Anyway, I have a 2001 MC SS with the standard 4 speed automatic.
Or do I? It will shift four times out of first. Meaning it actually has five gears.
I have tried Google, but cannot word the question right. What makes it shift four times?
Anyway, I have a 2001 MC SS with the standard 4 speed automatic.
Or do I? It will shift four times out of first. Meaning it actually has five gears.
I have tried Google, but cannot word the question right. What makes it shift four times?
#3
02-15-2013, 03:59 PM
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You are probably feeling the torque converter lock-up and assuming it's a gear change. Or you have a transmission going bad.
You have a 4-speed.
You have a 4-speed.
#4
02-15-2013, 05:14 PM
It's not a feeling, I actually watch the tachometer drop into a higher gear. I'll shoot a video later and put it on YouTube.
yeah your deff mistaking
#8
02-15-2013, 07:28 PM
Thats an easy one- torque converter is locking up. It is a 4 speed transmission.
RPMs drop when the torque converter locks up just like a gear change because you eliminate slippage/inefficiency from one side of the converter to the other.
RPMs drop when the torque converter locks up just like a gear change because you eliminate slippage/inefficiency from one side of the converter to the other.
Last edited by bumpin96monte; 02-15-2013 at 07:47 PM.
#10
02-16-2013, 03:57 PM
Thank you very much. I didn't think the converter locking up could cause the RPM to drop. This helps a lot.
At what rpm does the converter usually lock?
At what rpm does the converter usually lock?
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