i have been having a random problem lately where my truck will not want to shift from 2nd to 3rd after the tranny is warm but it only does it at random time like sometimes after heavy acceleration the truck has 213,550 miles on it im pretty sure its the orignal trans. any advice on what to diagnose this problem
btw its a 93 dak 318 auto tranny 4x4

 

When was the tranny serviced last? Old juice and a dirty filter can cause problems, including poor or no shifting.

 

iirc it was about 3 years ago when it was serviced last when the previous owner had it. are there any tips on removing the tranny pan cause it looks like the y pipe goes right over one side of the bolt on the pan would i have to remove it

 

The best way is to use a ratcheting wrench. Or you can remove the exhaust pipe or just unbolt the exhaust manifold bolts to the pipe. Good luck.

 

213K miles it might just be tired........

 

im hopeing that a fluid and filter change will help cause i dont have the money to get a new tranny or get it rebuilt. well im going to change the fluid and filter today and let everyone know if that clears up the problem. how much tranny fluid would i have to put back in after droping the pan and changing the filter? thanks for the advice from everyone

 

check the crud in the pan go thru it look for chunks and bits post what is in there. maybe 3 quarts fluid run it in nuetral and get it to the right place on the dip stick. does your fluid smell burnt?

 

ok ill post what i find and no the fluid didnt smell burnt it was just a dark red

 

Update: got the tranny pan unbolted last night and ran into problems getting it off the pan is stuck between the tranny and the y pipe looks like ill have to drop the exhaust was hoping I didn't have to do that but what ill do what I got to to get the truck back on the road ill have pics up later tonight of what I mean
edit: the upper corner of the pan is where its catching the y pipe

 

its been a while sence i been on last so ill give sum updates on my truck well i finished the putting the pan back up and started to fill the tranny and come to find out the trans dipstick is crack almost in half so i tryed to remove it to replace it but no luck so i took it to a tranny shop yesterday to see if they could remove it and i got a call back today and its not goin to be worth replacing the dipstick cause the tranny is shot its gonna cost about 2100 to fix it so im thinking of scrapping the truck