tomcolitt
(deceased)
There's very little I haven't repaired on these cars, but I don't have much experience with the BW65. Here are the symptoms: The car drives and shifts fine in all forward gears, but in reverse it only barely budges backwards. It's hard to describe, but it is almost like the transmission is internally "between gears", fighting against a large resistance. As if the forward and reverse clutches might be pressurized at the same time. Only with a fair amount of engine power the car kind of shudders backwards and it seems like it probably would damage the transmission in short order to keep doing that. I already adjusted both brake bands, but that didn't seem to help much. I took off the drain pan today and there wasn't much crud in there. Some fine friction material and metal particles, but no chunks. The filter was the same. The fluid looked fairly good and didn't smell burned. I checked the Blue books for trouble shooting and the main culprits that seem to apply were the rear brake band and possibly the shift block. My feeling is the shift block could be dirty or a valve stuck or something like that, but I'm afraid that if I clean it out without doing a transmission rebuild, I could loosen dirt and cause more dirt to travel into places it shouldn't be. I want to take it one step at a time. Maybe start with fresh fluid and filter and some TransX conditioner, but I don't expect much from that. After that, maybe flushing the shift block. I don't have a rebuilt kit or even new gaskets for the shift block. Does anyone know where to get those?
Thanks! Tom
Thanks! Tom