[Shotimes] ATX Problem

[Kirk Doucette]

Guys read what his problem is....

Kirk J Doucette
NESHOC President
Stormtrooper-97 White

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of alfitz@alfitz.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 10:27 AM
To: Cohiba
Cc: *_SHOTIMES II
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] ATX Problem

The gear selection is controlled by the computer which sends a signal to a
switch mounted on the tranny. If the computer is reading faulty information
for your throttle position sensor and any other sensors, it could be sending
erroneous commands. It also could be the switch on the computer. Or it could
be your torque converter.


Al Fitz
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Cohiba" <cohiba@super-ford.org>
To: "SHOTimes List" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 7:30 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] ATX Problem


> SHO Gurus,
>
> I experienced something new in my ATX today... when I take off from a
stop,
> the car is shuddering pretty bad from about 10-15 mph.  It almost felt the
car
> just didn't know what gear to stay in. This, of course, got me wondering
how
> well my rebuilt (three years ago) ATX was holding up.  The problem seems
to be
> intermittent, so I don't think the issue is actually with the tranny.
Then
> something very odd happened; I was cruising on the highway (about 65mph)
and
> the car suddenly downshifted, damn near putting my chest into the steering
> wheel.
>
> I confirmed that this was not a freak occurance because it happened about
3 or
> 4 more times before I got home, and then again when I just drove the car.
I
> also tried it with the overdrive off and the same shuddering happened when
> pulling away from a stop, but no problems with downshifting at highway
speeds,
> actually the car seemed to bog at random times, like it was trying to go
into
> overdrive.  Any ideas what I can check?  No codes are coming up...   What
> sensor/device controls the gear selection for the ATX?  Could this be a
VSS
> failure?  Any other suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance for the input.
>
> Cohiba
> http://cohiba.users.superford.org/
> 92 N2O MTX
> 94 Stock ATX
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