Hard shift when cold

[dazza96]

Originally Posted by Dustbowl

Change that filter, also hit the TPS around with a hammer, see if different positions have an effect

Tps ? Don't get this sorry mate

[junglejuice]

Hitting the TPS will surely break it, it is only plastic...

[dazza96]

Originally Posted by junglejuice

Hitting the TPS will surely break it, it is only plastic...

Seeing as I got the box from you is it still under warranty never been used off road and only driven on a Sunday cheers daz

[Dustbowl]

Originally Posted by dazza96

Tps ? Don't get this sorry mate

Throttle position sensor

Now JJ it's every few weeks she'll start to play up, I get under there, back a bolt off and placing an extension bar against the side of the tps, smack it a few time with a ratchet and she'll be good...

If I really gave some herbs getting it on this problem would not exist... but I am still traumatised by my first tps removal

[dazza96]

Ok but isn't the tps on the throttle body ? And no big nut?

[dazza96]

I have all so now noticed I have a higher then normal idel till it warms up the idel goes back to norm and so does the shifting. Update filter changed tps changed kick down cable ajusted and comp reset and still no better Ideas any one cheers daz

[Oli-dogg]

I had similar transmission problems for 6-8 months but only for the first few kms when it was cold, it would run fine for the rest of the day once it had warmed up. The initial symptoms were high revs in 1st gear and not shifting into second, and then very violent/hard shift changes into second gear (again only when cold). I thought it was a TPS problem and went through a few of those, also tried adjusting the kickdown cable but the problem kept returning. In the end I decided to just put up with it since it was only for the first 5 minutes or so on a morning.

A few weeks ago I noticed a rattling noise coming from around the torque converter so I checked the torque converter bolts expecting them to be loose but they were tight. Then I started getting a vibration every time I slowed down just before coming to a complete stop. Eventually it started slipping on take off and before long there was no drive at all (forward or reverse) and the transmission was dead. By this stage the oil was burnt and stinky even though I'd only just replaced it with fresh oil.

I dropped the tranny and swapped it over with a complete spare transmission and torque converter and now it's running better than it has in a long time with smooth gear changes and better acceleration.

I thought I'd share these symptoms on the forum because I did a lot of online searching on different websites for 'shifting problems when cold' and didn't find many answers.