Hi Everyone
My poor car only intermittently goes into the top gear at highway speeds. When it does, I savour it: I am careful to not accelerate hard, get boxed in, or otherwise slow down. It sure uses a lotta gas otherwise.
It more often kicks in when the car has had a long highway run, and its warm out. Perhaps coincidentally, usually after the above AND i have picked up my 12 year old from gymnastics! I mention this because it happens too often to be a coincidence. Perhaps there is something about her electromagnetic field, or perhaps her 100lbs in the front passenger seat completes a circuit, or leans the car a bit more to the right...
I have replaced the slave and the relay, and the automatic fluid is OK. Two mechanics and an enthusiuast have been stumped. The other faults are 1) the odometer is toast (despite the ipd repair kit installation), 2) the electrical wires running over the hatch hinges have snapped and 3) the radio has never worked. Recently, a sensor wire was replaced making the car run very smoothly again, but it didn't affect the top gear.
Any ideas?
My poor car only intermittently goes into the top gear at highway speeds. When it does, I savour it: I am careful to not accelerate hard, get boxed in, or otherwise slow down. It sure uses a lotta gas otherwise.
It more often kicks in when the car has had a long highway run, and its warm out. Perhaps coincidentally, usually after the above AND i have picked up my 12 year old from gymnastics! I mention this because it happens too often to be a coincidence. Perhaps there is something about her electromagnetic field, or perhaps her 100lbs in the front passenger seat completes a circuit, or leans the car a bit more to the right...
I have replaced the slave and the relay, and the automatic fluid is OK. Two mechanics and an enthusiuast have been stumped. The other faults are 1) the odometer is toast (despite the ipd repair kit installation), 2) the electrical wires running over the hatch hinges have snapped and 3) the radio has never worked. Recently, a sensor wire was replaced making the car run very smoothly again, but it didn't affect the top gear.
Any ideas?