FJ62 A/T Problem? Help!

[SAR_Squid79]

So this morning I go out to drive to work. I fire up the Land Cruiser. Everything seems normal.

I get out on the street, and it seems like it's taking FOREVER to get up to 25 - 30mph. I stop at a stoplight. When the light turns green, once again, it feels like it just won't go. It actually felt like it was starting out in like 3rd gear or something . . . just complete lack of power. I put the trans in "L", and tried to see if manually shifting the trans would make a difference. It didn't.

I have to drive about 5 miles before I get to the freeway. It had plenty of time to warm up. By the time I got to the freeway entrance, it still didn't feel any better. I turned around, went back home, and drove the Tacoma to work today.

Any advice? Please!

The previous owner had the trans rebuilt about a year and a half ago (by AAMCO) . . . Torque converter, maybe?

 

[SHERMAN FJ62]

Sound like your transmisson just went. Usually 1st gear and reverse go when a transmisson go bad. I would check your trans fluid to see if there is any metal in it. my 2cents

 

[SAR_Squid79]

Sound like your transmisson just went.

$#!T

 

[Cruiserdrew]

How is the fluid level? Does it look burnt, or abnormal? What does it do in reverse? Service history?

Bummer if it suddenly went like that, but a good excuse to do a manual swap.


Plus-torque converters don't really go instantly bad. It soulds like yours is trying to start in 2nd. I missed the bit about the Aamco rebuild, and so bad tranny went way up on my list of possibilities.

 

[alaska60]

Reverse? Metal in the fluid....? we all want to know!!!!

 

[3pits]

where is your fill line breather tube?

mine came disconnected was drooping down, sucked up some stuff, and clogged the filter,

drop the pan and look at the filter