Several years ago, I recall a similar concerns with some of the pick ups.
>The cure was to service the transmission (believe it or not). Transmission
>line pressures are very high in reverse and the power required was more than
>the engine could deliver at idle. More recently, some of the diesel/4R100
>trucks were also having a nearly similar concern in extreme cold temps....
>the cure in this case was to switch to synthetic ATF.
>
>HTH.
LMFAO
more advice from a guy who i opinion works in a hack shop
FAIL year 4 auto trannies
its the lock up torque beiing enguaged
i bet it does it in manual low too
replace the torque and tranny your pump is prolly fied too
h u r c
>
>> i have a 1991 ford tempo, 4 cylinder. runs good but when you put it in
>> reverse it stalls. it doesn't stall in any other gear. any suggestions
>> on what the problem could be would be greatly appreciated. thanks. >>
>