Yet another transmission problem thread

[priapism]

Just curious have you replaced the lower torque rod? After I did all the flushes and B4 Servo update I still had random clunks till I found that my lower torque rod was shot. Once replaced it shifted like new.

I haven't. I'll have to find a how-to and figure out how to do that.

I put some Lucas Stop Slip in there and it reduced the hard shifting substantially. B4 servo and flushes didn't help much.

[RaymanSean]

The lower one is under the car and runs from the front of the transmission to the subframe. If you are under the car on your back and your feet are hanging out from the front bumper it will be to the left it is secured by two large 17mm? nuts to the subframe and two smaller bolts 13mm? to the transmission. The upper one is on the top of the engine and runs from the right side of the engine (facing the car) to the strut bar or fire wall depending on the particulars of your car.

The over the counter additives/solvents in my experience seem to at best prolong the inevitable by a few hundred miles. It is pretty hard to find chemicals that will breakdown varnish and not break down the oil, swell seals without weakening them, or increase the friction between the clutches and steels and not decrease the lubricant properties of the oil for the bearings, vlaves etc.