Knightmare
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I was driving my old girl around town today, and the shifting seemed a little funny to me. Granted this is only the 4th day I've had her out on the town, I had some small issues with her that I got sorted out, so I don't have a ton of experience with these things.
While she was cold, or semi cold even, I got nice firm shifts, 1 at ~25, the next at 40-45. After we had been driving for 15 minutes or so, the shifts became less firm, and it stays in second for shorter periods of time. I even caught the truck shifting out of 2nd after one second, effectively skipping it.
My tranny fluid looks fine, but doesn't smell that good, it smells burnt.
I understand the trans should shift differently when under different load, but while cold, it doesn't want to shift early, and when warm, I can't stop it from shifting early. My input doesn't seem to matter much.
Am I just being paranoid? Does this sound normal? Or maybe the early symptoms of a tranny rebuild?
While she was cold, or semi cold even, I got nice firm shifts, 1 at ~25, the next at 40-45. After we had been driving for 15 minutes or so, the shifts became less firm, and it stays in second for shorter periods of time. I even caught the truck shifting out of 2nd after one second, effectively skipping it.
My tranny fluid looks fine, but doesn't smell that good, it smells burnt.
I understand the trans should shift differently when under different load, but while cold, it doesn't want to shift early, and when warm, I can't stop it from shifting early. My input doesn't seem to matter much.
Am I just being paranoid? Does this sound normal? Or maybe the early symptoms of a tranny rebuild?