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Old Sep 21, 2004 | 08:03 PM
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hey i dint know wherre to post this cuz my car isnt a mustang...so i gave this a try.Well i have a 92 thunderbird LX and heres my problem. Ill be driving down the road and al lof the sudden the cars RPMS will jump and no responce in acceleration like its in neutral, then i let off teh gas and hit it again and it responds. Also if im going up hill ill notice a huge loss of power. Most everyone ive asked said its transmission is shot, but could it possible be ne thign else that might be a lil less costly to fix?
Old Sep 21, 2004 | 08:46 PM
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Sounds like a transmission. Is it a stick or auto?
Old Sep 21, 2004 | 09:28 PM
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Sounds like what my car was doing... It had bad plugs, wires, and a bad MAM. It was running REALLY lean (like omfg, that's bad lean).

Go have it checked out!
Old Sep 21, 2004 | 10:25 PM
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Sounds like this doesn't need to be in this room
Old Sep 22, 2004 | 08:05 AM
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Sounds like it a good place to get some help. This room is general tech and thats what is this.
Old Sep 22, 2004 | 01:38 PM
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well its an auto transmission, so what should i do?
Old Sep 22, 2004 | 02:32 PM
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I not a trans man. Could be the brain or maybe the cable to shift with needs to be adj. I don't know. I take my tranmission to the shop.
Old Sep 22, 2004 | 03:22 PM
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Happened to my explorer. torque converter and also try changing the tranmission fluid



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Old Sep 22, 2004 | 09:52 PM
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yeah I'm thinking convertor, check the trans fluid..smell it to see if it smells burnt , is it bright red or brownish?
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 08:28 AM
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I had a ton truck that leaked trans fliud and when it was low , it would no go. Just did it to me once.



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