Driving into the ground..

[coyttl]

Hey guys.

Ya'll've helped me, many years ago, working on my girlfriend's little POS Cavalier - changing radiator, hoses, overflow tank, and so on.

Well, even back then I told her she needed to get the fluid in her tranny flushed, and, well, she never did.

So, of course, 50k miles later.. or more.. it's causing problems. According to her it's "shifting hard". She has NOW decided to take it to a tranny shop, and they told her that they wouldn't do a flush, because it could actually cause more trouble. (Which, I have heard before..).. and that doing the flush would be throwing money away, so they recommended driving it until it moves mo more.

They *DID* tell her, however, that disconnecting the "blue plug" from the front of the transmission would make the problem "go away". I have not heard of this before..

So my question to everyone is two-fold:
First: Would disconnecting the 'blue plug' (TCC solenoid, as far as researching shows?) actually help here? The car is *not* stalling.
Second: She is with the car up in Maryland (~680 miles..). She has to get the car back down to Georgia. Think the car will make it?

It's a '96 Cavalier, 2.2L, been through hell and back. (She drives horribly.) Auto tranny, and I've had to do a lot of work to it, including putting on a new alternator less than three months ago. D'oh.

Cheers all -
Mike.

[Tech II]

Not sure of this particular year, but I think it's a 4speed, electronic shift tranny,,,,,if you disconnect the plug, you take away power from the shift solenoids....