5 seconds to go into reverse

[Michaeljp86]

On my truck sometimes when its cold it seems to take a while for the transmission to grab when you put it in reverse. One time I tried to count and it was about 4 or 5 seconds from when I put the lever in R to when it went into gear. It doesnt do this all the time and it seems to only do it when its cold when I first fire it up. Anyone have any ideas on why it would do this? I just put in new shift solenoids filter and fluid.

 

[Mad Maxx]

Fluid too High or Low?

You Push the Filter all the way in?

 

[Michaeljp86]

The filter seemed to fit up in there nice and tight. Ill check the fluid level again but it seems to be right about where is should be. When its cold it shift to second a little late but other then that it shifts good and after running for a few min everything works like it should.

 

[Mad Maxx]

Maybe it needs some Time to Relearn with the New Solenoids?

 

[Missy Good Wench]

How many miles on the tranny??

What you describe is a symptom of a high mile gear box that is either seeing the converter leak down over night or that the seals in the clutch servos are getting hard.

TRY this

Nest time you start up cold and are ready to go, apply the brake, shift to N and rev the engine a few times to about 1200 rpm. No need to race the thing just rev for a few seconds.

Now shift to R and se if it does ok.

If things are fine then its likely that the converter is draining back over night.

You can do this trick for a long time with nothing bad happening. It allows the pump to fill the converter back up is all.

The other issue is that as the tranny gets loads of miles, the seals tend to get hard and loose there ability to hold pressure when they are cold. As the temps come up they soften and will hold.

My 94 Burb will do the same thing, but I know its issue is a converter drain back .

Give it a go and keep us posted.

Missy

 

[Michaeljp86]

How many miles on the tranny??

What you describe is a symptom of a high mile gear box that is either seeing the converter leak down over night or that the seals in the clutch servos are getting hard.

TRY this

Nest time you start up cold and are ready to go, apply the brake, shift to N and rev the engine a few times to about 1200 rpm. No need to race the thing just rev for a few seconds.

Now shift to R and se if it does ok.

If things are fine then its likely that the converter is draining back over night.

You can do this trick for a long time with nothing bad happening. It allows the pump to fill the converter back up is all.

The other issue is that as the tranny gets loads of miles, the seals tend to get hard and loose there ability to hold pressure when they are cold. As the temps come up they soften and will hold.

My 94 Burb will do the same thing, but I know its issue is a converter drain back .

Give it a go and keep us posted.

Missy

Ok, Ill give this a try, I only noticed it when I was turning around, like Id pull foward and put it in reverese and that when it would take a while to go into reverse. I have it parked in a spot where i can back up right away.

Im not sure how many miles are on the transmission. The guy who had it before me only had the truck for a little over a year. He said the transmission was a year old when he got the truck. This is probably what the dealer said who sold the truck to him. I have no idea if its true. If this is true there would probably be less then 20k on it. The old guy who owned it before my friend had it only used it to pull a 5th wheel camper. Or I suppose its all BS and the transmission in the original with 250k on it.