dez9rlady Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 My 99 Legacy Wagon has 82,000 miles on it. When the weather is 50 degrees or cooler and the car has been sitting overnight, I can't engage the automatice gear shift. The car has to warm up for 10 minutes before I can shift gears. Any solutions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All_talk Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 Could be a dirty filter.... try a fluid & filter change. Or a sticky valvebody, not much you can do other than a rebuild, but... I've had some luck with the auto trans snake oil, Lucas brand. Also, try running up the RPMs in park or neutral to around 4000 for 4 or 5 seconds (builds pressure in the pump), then idle down BEFORE you shift into gear. Good Luck Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthWet Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 The valvebody on the 3-speed isn't much of a problem to take apart and clean the passages. No experience with the 4-speed (yet), but can't imagine it is much more difficult. I would echo All-talk, change the fluid... not sure if the 4EAT has a filter... the 3AT doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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