1988 V8 tranny

[rudbech]

The transmission in my 88 T-Bird V8 seems to be unclear of what it really wants to do when I cruise at speeds around 37-38 miles/hour. I don't know if it is the torque converter or whatever but it sorta jiggles at this speed.
What could be the problem. It has 100k miles on it (at least) but drives OK besides this irritating problem.

Chris

[2-77s, 1-85, 2-86 TCs]

Well, I don't know what the problem could be, but I can tell you that when I had my '93 T-Bird it did the same thing. And before I totalled my '90 Grand Marquis, it did the same thing, and the transmission had just been rebuilt in both of them when it did it (and they were both V8s). Either the transmissions are working properly, the people that built them suck, or we just both have really bad luck! LOL

[rudbech]

I was afraid my transmission was on the verge of dying - but if your transmission has behaved like that all the time, I guess I'll just have to live with it then...

[2-77s, 1-85, 2-86 TCs]

If you haven't gotten a rebuild yet and it has at least 100K on it, I'd be on the safe side and save up to get it rebuilt. It probably needs it and who's to say that that ISN'T the problem. Like I said, maybe I just have bad luck with transmissions. By the way, the speed you're saying in your post is a few miles an hour less than the tranny would kick into overdrive. Normally (at least on the V8 trannies I've had), the tranny kicks into overdrive around 41-43 mph. If you let the speed slow down a few mph's, then give it just enough gas to hold speed, it shakes. That's why I just kept my trannies in drive until I would hit around 45-50 and I knew I'd be holding that speed for a little while. Hope this helped you out.

Rick

[rudbech]

Oh - so you would drive it in "Sport" (or whatever it is called) and thus avoiding the shift to overdrive.
I think it would actually be cheaper to buy a used AOD and have it shipped to Denmark. I can probably get it shipped for $300 and the tranny would cost, say, $700. Getting it rebuilt in Denmark is not easy - it can be done in Sweden but that actually costs $2-3,000 !!! :eek: (I have asked). But this will wait until the current one goes down south...