300zxman

I need help. i have a 90 300zx tt its an automatic. When i shift in to D the trans goes in to 2nd, and wont shift up or down but i can make it **** in to 1st. and it wont go in to over drive

snwbrderphat540

ermmmm.... wrong forum, you posted this in the 280ZX tech threads, not the 300ZX (Z32) tech. might wanna delete this one and post it where it should be otherwise, you wont get much help lol. and auto trans' are a bitch, might need some professional help, check the tranny fluid level first though. more than likely, if its not fluid, it wont be something you can diagnose by yourself unless your a really smart feller.

entropy31

Moved to 300ZX (Z32) Forums > 300ZX (Z32) Performance / Technical.

jaredjmoore89

If everything doesnt work out a friend of mine got a new tranny off of ebay thinking it would be crap but he got it for a lil over 300 bucks and its lasted him a lil over 90,000 miles so far and it was an automatic 300z.

entropy31

Do the schools in this country no longer teach proper sentence structure?

snwbrderphat540

what wrong is with structure of our sentance-es????

KasbeKZ

nah i go to the best public high school in virginia and most teachers couldn't care less about sentence structure!

snwbrderphat540

pft... u serious? my HS teachers if they required full sentences for work, or in english class in general, they were ****'s about that crap. thats why im so linient about it on here, because i dont get penelized for it. but i still keep it good so i dont get the problem of people not understanding WTF im saying.

entropy31

hmmm, you just gave me an interesting idea.....

snwbrderphat540

awww ^^^^ weak....... i can only imagin.

ZLover4Life

... point system for grammar and a temporary ban when a certain point count is reached?

snwbrderphat540

just for quick on-topic ness since he never came back to his own thread and just incase

did you check the fluid level? only things i can think of is low fluid, something is actaully internally broken, the vein system is clogged but ATF is full of detergents so that shouldnt happen, or the TCM is goin out. either way, unless its just low fluid level, i doubt you can figure it out on your own since auto trannies are a PIA

ZLover4Life

I figured it out... I know EXACTLY what's wrong with it...







































it's an automatic transmission in a GT car meant for a 5-speed.

But seriously, do as Eric said, check fluid level. Change it if possible before spending more money on expensive trans work.

300zxman

i checked the fluid level. It was over full i pulled down the pan and, found plastic in the pan. along with a lot of metal shavings. The trans oil looks like candy apple paint i think the trans is taken a ****..

snwbrderphat540

ATF is read, but you should have ish in it.... try filling it back up to the right level. and remember the car needs to be running to check the fluid level.

PooFlinginMonke

Your symptoms don't point to the tranny being bad.

They point to a sensor on the car being bad to the point that the pcm puts the car into a limp mode in which tranny starts in second and stays there.

300zxman

there was a big piece of plastic in the trans pan i took it to a trans shop they said they but the scanner on it and they say its some thin wrong with the trans. any one have the same problems or know where i can get a trans.