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Subject:Re: Automatic Transmission Issue
From:Jim Ogul
Date:Fri, 10 May 2013 15:55:43 -0400

Well that makes me feel better! LOL

On Friday, May 10, 2013, Edward Maglott wrote:

> That is what I experienced as my transmission got closer to failure.
> operates fine once it's warmed up, not so good when cold.
> Edward
>
> On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 2:30 PM, James Ogul <jimogul70@gmail.com<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > This is further to my previous post regarding the AT in my 85 Westy.  I
> > had mentioned that 3rd would kick in at about the 3.2 - 3.5 mile mark.
> >  Well this morning we let it idle for about 20 minutes and after starting
> > out 3rd kicked in in .5 miles.  Does this tell anything?
> >
> > We drove about 100 miles after that including a mountain climb and it
> > shifted perfectly.
> >
> > Jim
>