2000 Tacoma Transmission

Wrong tranny fluid? I asked the mechanic about that initially and he said "tranny fluid is tranny fluid."

That reminds me of the KFC commercial several years where they talk about other places using chicken "parts." The counter guy in the other place says "Parts, is parts."

I think I'd find another garage!!!

Tom...

Paul LeCa> Wrong tranny fluid? I asked the mechanic about that initially and he

Or better yet, a good lawyer.

Thank you...maybe I should. For now I think I will have a new tranny service done at the local Toyota Dealer and see if it goes back to where it was. Thanks

Thanks all. I found the problem. Attached to the throttle linkage is a cable that goes to the transmission. It seems to be some kind of kickdown control that lets the transmission know what the throttle is doing. Well, it was not in its groove but wrapped aroun the outside. As soon as I put this cable in its groove, everything was fixed. Apparently this had to be removed by my mechanic to get to the spark plugs. When it was replaced, the cable was not in the groove.

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If you should update the garage service mechanic's memory, he/she may become a better transmission mechanic, however.

Thanks, and have a nice day.

Excerpted from bOOTsy: "The garage says that they changed the tranny fluid and gear oil and neither could cause this problem. But I am 100% certain that this shift pattern happened immediately following the service."