From: aussierob (aussierob2@odyssey.net)
Date: Thu Oct 21 2004 - 19:12:40 PDT
Sorry it is a Chevy Venture Not a Ford
my mistake, sorry.
Chev Venture
fwd
6cyl
1997
My original message;
HELP Please Bigtime Tranny Woes
From: "aussierob" <aussierob2@odyssey.net>
Subject: [MV] HELP Please Bigtime Tranny Woes
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:21:13 -0400
Hey Listers... with ANY Late model Tranny
knowledge and or experience.
This is for a couple... friends of ours.
He is a fulltime pastor for a small church in upstate NY.
They/she, is a foster mum with 3 mentally handicapped
middle aged men, to look after 24/7 year round
This is off topic.
But hey, if at all possible, we're needing your smarts
here, not any off topic finger wagging
Three times in the last 12 months they have put
out $15 to $17 hundred dollars, for their
97 Ford Venture Family mini van and
Shut-ins Transport Vehicle.
It's always the same Tranny Problem
Two repairs were from different local small town companies !
One was a repair was performed from a Church
member/mechanic.
(I would ex-communicate him... Ha ha)
The problem, each tranny fails at around 6
months or less.
It will run !
But, only in 1st. - 2nd. - 3rd. !
But, without warning, it will not move in 4th.
By the way, 4th is not circled ...so, not an overdrive !
Same symptom each time.
They still owe approx $5 thousand on the van. (it's immaculate)
Of course, each repair came with a short time limited warranty.
This is far too short term, if you ask me !
(and nobody's askin - right !)
Some Questions:
Does this tranny have an electronic shifter
system of some sort . Could this be as simple as a
tranny circuit board.?
It would seem that there are no worn out metallic
noises and/or bad metal grinding sounds, before each failure !
Guys with real modern automatic tranny info/experience
or a link to some info ...could you please reply.
Would there be a factory service bulletin on this ?
Are the repair guys ripping of the preacher
Any Help would be appreciated online or offline
Aussie Robb Syracuse, NY area.
aussierob2@odyssey.net
The owner is at
sweeneyjps6@cs.com
Rev. James Sweeney, 8 mi west of Marathon NY - area
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