Car dieing additinal info.

[Don.F.Broadus at ucm.com]

Dont forget to check the brake light  switch for an unlocking problem.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	David Cooley [SMTP:n5xmt at bellsouth.net]
> Sent:	Wednesday, August 11, 1999 10:52 AM
> To:	gmecm at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
> Subject:	Re: Car dieing additinal info.
> 
> 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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