Acceleration from 0 - 40 kph. Topic is solved

dsuchanek · Post by **dsuchanek** » 22 Apr 2005, 11:43

When I accelerate with my 1987 Volvo 740 Station Wagon I have to take my foot off the gas to get it to kick into the next gear. Could this be a problem with old transmission fluid or is my transmission on it's way to the junk heap?
Thanks!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 24 Apr 2005, 08:00

[quote="dsuchanek"]When I accelerate with my 1987 Volvo 740 Station Wagon I have to take my foot off the gas to get it to kick into the next gear. Could this be a problem with old transmission fluid or is my transmission on it's way to the junk heap?
Thanks![/quote

My problem is simular. The RPM goes up to 3,000 be fore going into 3rd
gear.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 24 Apr 2005, 08:08

[quote="dsuchanek"]When I accelerate with my 1987 Volvo 740 Station Wagon I have to take my foot off the gas to get it to kick into the next gear. Could this be a problem with old transmission fluid or is my transmission on it's way to the junk heap?
Thanks![/quote

My problem is simular. The RPM goes up to 3,000 before going into 3rd
gear. It seams that the transmission is not moving into the next gear and the engin is racing at a very high level. I am thinking that I should replace the cable that goes down to the transmission. I have 740 GL 1989 Volvo.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 24 Apr 2005, 16:27

look at the tv cable it tends to fray just wiggle it into holder and retry ..i had this problem for 2 years and one day i just wiggled the cable and it was shifting like new goodluck...