After closing in on a year of being laid up in the garage while I tore the dash out, replaced the heater core, learned how to deal with AC, bought an antique high vacuum pump, refilled the R134A and basically tore out all the accretion of bad wiring accumulated after 28 years, the 93 left the garage under its own power today. This was very pleasing. BTW, now that I have the panel back in, the rear AC works! And so does this little factory fridge between the front seats.
Several teething problems, but the one I'm asking for help with has to do with the transmission.
It will move under its own power and it will get up to speed but it feels like only a fraction of the power is getting to the wheels. The engine runs normally. Just not much power getting through the transmission. It works this way whether I have the 'power' button pushed on the dash, or the overdrive button pushed on the shifter.
Hard to describe it, but it feels like the transmission is in high and it is slipping until you get up to speed. Oh, and reverse seems to work normally with plenty of torque. I even chirped the tires inadvertently.
Here's another weird thing--I drove it for 20 minutes and thought maybe the transmission fluid was low. It was not. But it was cold to the touch!
And here's another strange symptom: the overdrive (O/D) light blinks on intermittantly unless I have the O/D button in the 'out' position in which case the O/D light is just on like it should be.
I know I've been fiddling with all the wiring harnesses, including the ECU, a LOT. And maybe I broke a connection or something. But does anyone have any ideas for starting points on fixing this? I'm very anxious to get out in the country with this really nice old truck...
Several teething problems, but the one I'm asking for help with has to do with the transmission.
It will move under its own power and it will get up to speed but it feels like only a fraction of the power is getting to the wheels. The engine runs normally. Just not much power getting through the transmission. It works this way whether I have the 'power' button pushed on the dash, or the overdrive button pushed on the shifter.
Hard to describe it, but it feels like the transmission is in high and it is slipping until you get up to speed. Oh, and reverse seems to work normally with plenty of torque. I even chirped the tires inadvertently.
Here's another weird thing--I drove it for 20 minutes and thought maybe the transmission fluid was low. It was not. But it was cold to the touch!
And here's another strange symptom: the overdrive (O/D) light blinks on intermittantly unless I have the O/D button in the 'out' position in which case the O/D light is just on like it should be.
I know I've been fiddling with all the wiring harnesses, including the ECU, a LOT. And maybe I broke a connection or something. But does anyone have any ideas for starting points on fixing this? I'm very anxious to get out in the country with this really nice old truck...