1996 T&C Transmission HELP needed

Our van transmission has decided to quit working completely in reverse. In drive it will only work in first gear and when it goes to change to second it completely stops working and engine freewheels. Shifting into any gear after that does not work. The only way to get the car to move again is to turn it off and restart it. I had to drive it home at less than 10 mph the other day and keep the RPM's below 1500. When in first gear it sounds normal, you can also hear the solenoid engage when putting it into drive. You cannot hear any solenoid engage when putting it into reverse. Low and 3 act the same way as drive. Connected OBD scanner and there was no codes. Is there a separate connector fot the transmission computer? I only hooked it up to the main one below the steering column. Any ideas? Solenoid pack need replacement? ATF +3 is definitely in this tranny.

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david kent
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You have a broken "hard part" in the transmission lingo. For an example of what might have broken, take a look at this:

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specifically pictures fig52.jpg and fig53.jpg In fact that gear is likely what is broken because it is used in all shift positions except 1st gear, and it's a known weak point.

The transmission often won't throw a code when something inside of it snaps. In any case I didn't think the tans codes are available on a pure OBD-II scanner I thought you needed a scanner that was more sophisticated than the $100 ones from the auto parts store.

The loss of reverse gear is the giveaway here. If the trans gearing was intact you would have reverse.

By the way, if you do decide to get it rebuilt, there's some good info worth reading on

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And most importantly, whencalling around to the transmission shops, ask what fluid they use for thistransmission (make sure to get a tech, not the dumb broad at the frontcounter) and if they don't say ATF+4 then don't use them, and tell them why.

Ted

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