Pete M Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 my sister's big white boat is slow to wake up in the morning or any time it's been sitting a while. the car needs to warm up before the trans will start transferring power. any thoughts? I'm looking to drop the pan and change the filter pretty soon (it's due). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepcoMJ Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Torque converter solenoid or torque converter itself. Same issue with my 94 crown vic...caused me to scrap it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 did yours drive normally after it warmed up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepcoMJ Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 For a couple months, then it stopped working entirely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harley Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Its a ford. Get her a chevy. Problem solved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepcoMJ Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Crown vic was the most comfortable and least expensive car I've ever owned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harley Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 For a couple months, then it stopped working entirely Sounds about right. I worked for a cab company in northern MN for a few yrs (COLD winters). The entire fleet was a mix of vics and marquis. I learned to hate those damn things. When ours would start to act like that, if we didn't change em right away they would give out completely within about a month or so. Sometimes they would last a bit longer but not very often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpnjim Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I had an Econoline Van like this. You could start it up, put it in drive, and it would just sit there for 10-15 minutes. Finally, when it was good & ready, it would pull out of the spot, and operate completely normally. I drove it like that for months, then one day while I was driving it, (fully warmed up, and miles from home) the trans started slipping, drove another 100 feet or so, then would not move forward under its own power. It backed up just fine, but I didn't think I could make the 6-7 miles home in reverse in a van without windows. :ack: I ended up parking it in a field, and it became my first apartment :chillin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimoshel Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Get her a Nash. They're very dependable. They did? When? Nobody tells me nothin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 so the consensus is that replacing the TC should be the cure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepcoMJ Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Try the tc solenoid first...not expensive. Then the while trans. No sense doing a tc when the trans will already have continents in it from old one. It will wreck new one abcs cost twice as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Try the tc solenoid first...not expensive. Then the while trans. No sense doing a tc when the trans will already have continents in it from old one. It will wreck new one abcs cost twice as much. whoa pat. do you have chubby fingers on a new phone? :rotf: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepcoMJ Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Try the tc solenoid first...not expensive. Then the while trans. No sense doing a tc when the trans will already have continents in it from old one. It will wreck new one abcs cost twice as much. whoa pat. do you have chubby fingers on a new phone? :rotf: lol. auto correct. Try the tc solenoid first...not expensive. Then the whole trans. No sense doing a tc when the trans will already have contaminents in it from old one. It will wreck new one and cost twice as much. fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted March 3, 2012 Author Share Posted March 3, 2012 I get 2 completely different solenoids in my search. :hmm: http://www.autozone.com/autozone/parts/ ... ing=search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 pat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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