My 92 940 shifts late

spyglass · Post by **spyglass** » 27 Jun 2012, 17:25

I bought my 92 940 5 years ago and it has always shifted late in 2 gear at around 30mph.It has never really got worse and I guess it does bother me a little as I do want it to shift correctly,it does change depending on the day.A friend of mine said I should look into getting the trans fluid changed as I never did cause I heard it was bad to do on an older car,or it could be the actual trans filter might be clogged.Any suggestions on what it could be and does the fluid or filter make a difference in my issue???

Post by **jimmy57** » 27 Jun 2012, 17:59

on that trans with a throttle cable for shift regulation, the late shift is usually a cable adjustment or bad cable issue. Look at throttle spool assy on engine. Follow the cables. One goes directly to firewall and the other runs down behind engine. The throttle pedal one will be up high on spool and the trans one that runs down behind engine is lower. The trans cable capull away from its end with the threaded adjuster and make it tight and falsely signal a much higher throttle application. When throttle is opened to a higher amount the trans is supposed to delay the shift points. If it is pulled out see if it can be pushed back into the threaded end. If it appears to be OK then adjust it. The cable that sticks out of adjuster should have a little slack when throttle is closed and begine to pulled out of the adjuster when throttle is operated with minimal delay.

spyglass · Post by **spyglass** » 27 Jun 2012, 18:18

Sounds like an easy fix and nothing expensive. But I'm trying to understand your explanation and i do know where the throttle spool is and just looked at it and yes one goes to firewall and one goes down under, but is the adjustment made here?? There was a little plastic piece at the top of the cable near the spool for the throttle and it broke off years ago but the trans cable one is still fine.Will try to get someone to look at this as I don't quite understand fully how to adjust it.

Post by **jimmy57** » 27 Jun 2012, 18:20

The lower one, the trans cable, has a threaded end with two nuts. One nut in front of where threaded piece goes through bracket and one nut behind bracket. Loosening and shifting those nuts is how the cable is adjusted.

spyglass · Post by **spyglass** » 27 Jun 2012, 18:36

Yep I see it,It is feed into what looks like a rubber toilet type of stopper and i can push on it and the cable moves easily and can be tugged easily.Yes I will check this out and thanks so much Jimmy 57 Hopefully this is all it is.