Car dieing additinal info.

[David Cooley]

At 10:02 AM 8/11/1999 -0500, you wrote:

>Now, if the TCC was actually destroyed, would it still lock?  Or would
>it just not lock at all?   Mine seems to be locking nice and solid,
>just not unlocking sometimes, which would seem to imply the solenoid
>or the fluid paths having a problem, the TCC was locking at WOT with
>the stock programming (that came from GM).
>
>Could the clutch fail in such a way that independent of the solenoid
>that it would stay locked?

It's possible that something got into the checkball in the input shaft that 
the fluid flows thru for release of the TCC clutch, or if something in the 
TCC clutch came loose and is getting wedged in the convertor 
somewhere.  Could be just the solenoid as well, either sticking open or 
closed (can't remember which way is locked up).

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