i recently received a 87 tempo. it has an automatic transmission and 2.3 engine. ok, heres what happened. car drove fine and shifted fine. stoped at a red light and when was taking off when light changed the car made a slight noise and then wouldnt go anywhere. you can put car in all gears and nothing. checked both drive axles and there fine. checked fluid and it said it was 2 quarts low. i put in 2 quarts, still nothing. so i towed it home. after a few days i went tried to see what the problem was. so i checked fluid again. now it says its 2 quarts over full, crazy. i checked fluid both times with engine idling. ok well then i decided to pull transmission pan to see if filter was clogged, no it wasnt. this car only has 80,000 well taken care of miles on it. is there something that is know for going bad with these transmissions? is there anything i could fix to make it go again without having to pull the transmission? usually i have had a transmission to start slipping or lose a gear or two before going out. this really stumps me.
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20 years ago