Hi ,
I'm from Hungary, and I have a 1986 dodge 600 SE 2.5l non-turbo
Automatic transmission, its shifts great without any noises, fluid is
Dexron III, and always checked, and in the right level.


The car has only 90k mile and in a very good shape, about 2 mounths ago
the transmission started to leak, I went to my repair shop, he said its
torque converter oil seal has to be replaced, I wasn't convinced, and
later I saw that the leak is comming from the differential cover, I
changed the gasket, then leak was stopped, 1 month later, it started to
leak from the same place, again he said its is the torque converter oil
seal.


they got the tranny down, they reilized that the leak came from the
half shaft oil seal and NOT the torque converter seal, so they put it
on again and here the problem started:


when shift into R, N, D it drives forward!!!, but when shift to 1,2
then it seems like its in "N"


then, BACK from 2 or 1 to D,N,R NOTHING happens!!, then in P it drives
forward, but get locked at once by "somthing I don't know but its what
usually locks the trans in P"


the mechanic said "I don't have ANY IDEA what can be this, I got 10s
of trannys down and never happned like this before!!!!!!!"


unfortunatly, US cars are extremly rare here in Hungary, so I write to
you.


I have the 3 1986 chrysler factory manuals.


please help me in this problem, I'm totally in panic!!


Riyad

 

take it back to the shop and tell them my car was drivable and only had a leak before you guys " fixed it". most likely they did something wrong and aren't fessin' up to it. I think, but don't quote me that the gear selectors are run off of a cable and maybe it is as simple as they didn't hook it up right. or they didn't hook up the vaccum lines back up to it right. It's probably something they did and i hope something simple because at least it was drivable before.

 

your problem lies in the shift cable. this is easy to fix. disconnect your cable from the transmission select lever. put your gearshift in park, turn the select lever on the transmission to park, and reconnect the cable in that position. That should get you back in good shape. One other word of advice.....don't go back to that hack shop again.

 

Also, with the cable detached, try to run the trans thru the gears and see if it stops on R,N,D,2,1 (from park of course)
If it does not make those distinct stops, the arm in the tranny that stops the selector could be broke.
The cable would be easier to fix, of course, if that is the problem.

 

I Also Have A Similiar Problem. I Own a 1986 Dodge 600 2.2L Turbo. It will not go in reverse, when i do put it in reverse and hit the gas it just revs up like it's in park. when i put it in neutral it drives, yet when the car is off and the battery is on and i put it in neutral it'll roll. I've had this problem for about a year now, kinda aggrevating. So people i talk to say the tranny is bad others say it's the gear shaft, no one really knows apparently, so i'm asking you guys, any ideas?