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I first discovered this "feature" on my 1990 Dodge Dakota (one of the only times Dodge has been ahead of it's time). Since my dad owns an automatic transmission shop I had almost endless resources to find the answer (that I don't have at my disposal right now because I'm living in WI and m...

To answer this question, one must first understand the concept of a torque converter, as well as the concept of lockup. A torque converter has four main parts; the pump, the turbine, the stator, and the lockup clutch. It works much like two fans blowing against each other. Fan 1 is the pump, fan 2 i...

lockup is dependant on not only the solenoide, but the lockup clutch in the torque converter. this is a common problem on the GM TMH125C unit (Cavalier, Corsica, Beretta, etc). 50% of the time it's solenoid, 50% it's converter. We do them both at the same time because the labor for doing the solenoi...

unless this dude's one hell of a mechanic, I'd recommend he takes it somewhere else. sounds like either the 3rd gear or direct clutches are wiped out. There could also be a 3rd gear solenoid in that unit too, but I'm not sure. The only other thing could be a planetary gear wiping out, but if that ha...