RE: IML: 61 Transmission Gave Up The Ghost

[RandalPark@xxxxxxx]

The fluid would probably be burned if the automatic totally failed. It would be very dark or black, and smell really bad. If the fluid is still clean, and the car wasn't giving prior symtoms, I suspect something has come undone or snapped. 

Did the push button feel right? Sometimes these can come off of their respective levers. 

Paul

In an email dated 5/4/2005 9:31:58 pm GMT Daylight time, "Rob P" <fristpenny@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>Sounds more like the shifter than the trans. ?Even when they are almost 
>completely dead the trans will usually cause *some* change-lower idle, 
>whine, etc. ?I would check the shift button is engaging. ?Good luck.
>
>>From: "John/Shirley Nimmo" <SDARM2@xxxxxxx>
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>>To: "Imperialclubmailinglist" <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Subject: IML: 61 Transmission Gave Up The Ghost
>>Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 11:54:28 -0700
>>
>>Hi Imler's;
>>
>>I hope everybody is doing great today. Well, I've got kind of
>>a dilema on my hands and maybe somebody out there can help me
>>with on my 61 Imperial.
>>
>>Today I had to put my daily driver in the shop and when I got home, I was 
>>going
>>to drive my 61 up to the store. When I started up the car and backed it out
>>of the driveway and then put the car into drive there was no clunk with the
>>gears that you always hear and the car wouldn't move. I then when I put it 
>>into
>>reverse and I didn't hear any clunk and it wouldn't move. I checked the 
>>trans
>>fluid to make sure it wasn't low and it was right at the full mark. Now the 
>>car
>>is stuck out in the middle of the street in front of my house. The car is 
>>just too
>>heavy to push by myself, so I'll have to wait until some neighbors come 
>>home
>>to help me push it back into the garage. Unfortunately, my driveway is one 
>>of
>>those to where the house sits up on a slight hill with the street below it.
>>
>>Any help or suggestions from anybody out there would be greatly 
>>appreciated.
>>
>>
>> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Sincerely,
>>
>> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? John Nimmo
>>
>> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?1961 Chrysler Imperial 4 door hardtopGet 
>>more from the Web. ?FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com
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