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Subject:Re: can't go forward
From:John Lauterbach <john@JHL.MGACOXMAIL.COM>
Date:Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:06:04 -0400

When a similar malady struck the automatic transmission in my '84, I had
to have the transmission rebuilt.

John

On Sat, 2013-06-15 at 19:52 -0700, Lisa Bloch wrote:

> Last Sunday, at Camano Island, the van wouldn't catch after three days of sitting unstarted.  The WetWesties got it going and it's been running beautifully ever since.
>
> Today I drove about four miles, turned a corner, and stopped moving.
>
> I have reverse gear (automatic transmission), but no forward gears.  There's a small transmission leak when the engine is running, but not apparently when it is not. All the fluids are present in apparently proper amounts.  Maybe a bit too much transmission fluid.
>
> AAA towed it to a friend's driveway.  Any guesses as to the problem?
>
> Lisa Bloch
> lab@rynth.org
> '89 camper 2.1L automatic

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