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94 Chrysler Town & Country automatic - It acts like a ...
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94 Chrysler Town & Country automatic - It acts like a manual with no clutch. When I put it in gear it goes (if I give it enough gas). When I break it stalls. Drives fine otherwise. What kind of repair am I looking at? Valve, pump, rebuild....?

 

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1994 Chrysler Town & Country 3.3 V6

Already Tried:
Disconnecting the battery to reset computer.

Customer (name blocked for privacy)
Status:  Closed   Value: $8
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October 10 5:02 PM (2 minutes and 10 seconds later)
         
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Have you checked the transmission fluid level and condition of the fluid? Does it act better the hotter it gets?
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October 10 5:09 PM (6 minutes and 23 seconds later)
         
Reply to stin1974's Post: Yes, transmission fluid level and condition of the fluid is good.

I drove 2 hours and then had some clunking while starting to pass. I drove 1/2 hour more and more clunking.

The next day I drove back 2 1/2 hours with only a problem when I stop, put it in nutral, and when to go, rev the engine and put it in gear and it takes off.

I cannot press the break and stop. It acts like a manual without a clutch.
Customer (name blocked for privacy)
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October 10 5:15 PM (6 minutes and 5 seconds later)
         
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Is this a 3speed or and overdrive transmission? Have you had the fluid changed recently to where you were able to see the magnet in the transmission pan?
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October 10 7:12 PM (1 hour and 56 minutes and 58 seconds later)
         
Reply to stin1974's Post: It has overdrive.

No I didn't have the fluid changed. It had/has a leaking pan and I added enough fluid over time it's clean.
I’ve owned it for 10 years and use it like a truck now.

I'm going to lift it and check the CVC joints and see what I can find. Probably tomorrow.

It drives fine once it gets going.
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October 10 8:31 PM (1 hour and 19 minutes and 25 seconds later)
         

Ok, let me know what you find.

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