700R4 TCC Solenoid bad? (limited EFI content)

[steve ravet]

Peter -- I had a similar problem in my V8 S-10 Blazer a few months ago. 
On slight inclines I'd give it a little more gas and it seemed like TCC
was locking/unlocking.  Result?  $525 bill for rebuilding the trans.  In
my case (according to mechanic) the TCC clutches were
shredding/slipping.  I'd have yours looked at right away, although if
it's been doing it a while it may be too late.

--steve

Peter Gargano wrote:
> 
> My VN Commodore 3.8 V6 has a "Turbo Hydra-Matic 700R4" and has just
> one ECM connection - the TCC Solenoid (I'm sure this isn't news to most
> list members ;-) I had to look at my manual!...
> 
> My wife mostly drives the VN to work in light traffic. I only get to drive it
> when it's playing up, or on a long trip. Last weekend the car (apparently)
> had a problem with unlocking the TCC. When doing constant freeway speed (say
> ~ 70 mph) and coming to a hill, there would be a point when you'd expect
> the TCC to unlock to get a few more revs (and torque) to make it up the
> hill. At this point the transmission seemed to try to unlock and immediately
> lock up again, causing an oscillation at about 3-5 Hz - only cure was to change
> back to 3rd (from OD to D on shifter) until over the hill!
> 
> I swapped the ECU and this didn't make any difference - haven't had time to
> check anything else (wife has car!). I'll swap/check the TCC solenoid tonight:
> 
> It seems like the TCC solenoid may be pulling in and then almost immediately
> letting go - is this common, or do I have a hydraulic (ie. auto trans) fault?
> 
> Note that this problem is not apparent when accelerating (fast or slow) up in
> the gears, only when the motor/ECU/transmission senses a load that would cause
> a downchange/TCC unlock condition.
> 
> All ideas greatly appreciated.
> 
> regards, PG
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Steve Ravet
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