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1985 Buick Electra Repair Question


Topics covered: Transmission, Rebuild, Rpm.
Mileage: 200,000 miles.

Asked on October 14, 2010

Transmission

1985 Buick Electra with a 3.8l v6 4 speed. with roughly 200,000. The transmission will take off in all gears, but when it tries to shift auto it goes out of gear, till it gets the rpms down. I have replaced transmission modulator and all vacuum hoses, egr vacuum solid, tested the v.s.s and it was just fine i am lost please help!

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Replied on October 14, 2010

200k ? Is the fluid level correct? Has the trans ever been done before? Sounds like a little bigger problem than just the mod. Might be time for a rebuild

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