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I had a 1995 firebird 6spd. I ran Royal Purple oil in the trans, Nitrous..etc.. I beat on it a little but not much. The car sat outside since I owned it (15+yrs)..
One year I went out and I had the same problem.. If I pushed REALLY hard to the right it would go over - and then smooth as butter it would go UP into reverse.. Driving the car & warming up the trans did little..
>> I suspect it was the REVERSE LOCKOUT solenoid.. (I sold the car the next year)
Like the skip-shift solenoid works - I figured it was the Reverse Solenoid that had frozen up..
Never confirmed... But I know I never thrashed on it so bad as to bend something inside the trans..
Clutch worked great - so no issues with it binding while trying to engage gears.
You might remove the solenoid and see if it plunges in and out without power / using your hand to compress it in.. Also check the shifting while it is out...
Please provide a more descriptive explanation of your issue. When you say "selinoid," I believe you most likely mean SOLENOID, but are you talking about the STARTER SOLENOID, one of the SENSOR SOLENOIDS, or some other SOLENOID (your vehicle has more than a dozen solenoids).
Your description should include under what conditions the solenoid clicks (car running, car off, when starting the car), and what diagnostic steps you have taken to solve the problem so far.
A/T tranny issues. (solenoid )
my auto tranny is slipping in call gears. forward and reverse?
there are no guessing, just tests.
check all fuses.
check AFT levels using the operators guide, (dont guess at ways, do it right way, as 99% dont)
so DRIVE is stuck in 1st gear, or 2nd?
the connect the jumper for the TCM, and get the flash codes.
if it says VSS is dead, then it is.
why wonder this. the TCm will not lie, it will see any bad VSS signals and report them on all cars made. but has flash codes this year.
there are 3 or 4 paths here
1; inputs to TCM wrong, sure it will shift wrong. how could it not.
2: TCM bad , it has good inputs and its outputs are wrong.
3: the TCM to tranny connections are bad, (corrosion)
4: the Solenoids have the correct inputs but fail to work.
bad solenoids or far far worse.
note the order here.. only this works unless guessing with $1500 fist of dollars is ok.
the FSM covers each tests. from 1 to 4.
for on car tests. if the solenoid tests pass its a bad tranny.
You have to check continuity through the circuit.
I pull out the relay and interrogate the relay socket with a multimeter. With the car in park or clutch pushed in, do you get a ground signal to the relay? Do you get battery voltage to two terminals when the key is turned to start?
Does the last terminal show a few ohms to ground? That would be the wire to the starter solenoid wire.
See diagram at link below.
this entails dropping the drivers side of the transmission out far enough to remove the side cover and replace the solenoid, almost impossible without a lift
The starter motor solenoid is faulty. The only real fix is to replace it, but as it's attached as an integral part of the starter motor you have to change the entire starter motor assembly.
In the meantime, you may be able to get the car started if you give the solenoid a sharp tap with a hammer before starting.If access is difficult, then you may need to place a long metal rod (or a long screwdriver) against the solenoid and then tap the end of the rod. This trick usually works, but only if the solenoid isn't too far gone.
This may be over simplifying things but... there are 2 wires that come off of your starter solenoid. One is to engage the starter and the other one is the ignition 12 VDC spark voltage supply whiloe the starter is in use. Check and see of there is a wire missing from the starter solenoid. If they are both present.. check for 12 VDC on both starter solenoid terminals when the starter is in use. (Do NOT disconnct the terminals. Just slide them back far enough to read them) If only one has 12VDC then the starter solenoid itself is bad.
it sounds like the shift lock thinks the car is still in gear check the shift lock solenoid a make sure it's working properly and you may be able to move it to where itis reading that the car is in park if it does try turning the key on off and removing it if it works replace the solenoid
The solenoid in the started may not be projecting the plunger far enough to reach the ring gear. This would make a spinning sound, but not a grinding sound. If it's grinding, the started gear is worn out.
If you can remove your starter, it can easily be bench tested at an auto parts store and the plunger can be watched. If it dosen't shoot out of the solenoid far enough or not at all, the solenoid is bad. The starter will need to be replaced unless you can find a solenid seperetly, which is unlikely in newer cars.
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