Recent content by WFORich

After working perfectly for 6 mos it seems that the high clutch is again loosing pressure (likely the seal rings again in the side cover manifold). Just beginning my investigation as to what might be causing these seal rings to fail again so soon (wrote to the guys at www.atra.com. Symptoms are...

Well that was an adventure and I never dreamed I would take the trans apart in the car and fix the problem which was suspected to be a cracked high clutch (3rd, 4th & 5th) piston but once inside I found the manifold seal rings that are part of the cover were worn and causing leakage feeding the...

50 miles into a 500 mile trip this weekend the trans in my 2003 Mazda 6 3.0 with added trans cooler (147K mi ) started shifting really harsh on the highway and the "AT" dash light was on. Wife says turn around - I say lets keep going. At the first stoplight 200 miles later it won't even...