torque converter disingagment problem

have a friend with a 1995 ford taurus..and the torque converter dosent
always disingage when the car comes to a stop and kills the engen.. It
sometimes stalls the engen when put in reverse..it was a littel low on
fluid so we put in some Lotis trans condishner..converter is starting to
work better and reverse also..I havent worked on an automatic sence I
stoped building them In 1992..I think its a AXOD-E...is there an electric
solonid to lock up the converter like the old 350lock ups..that gets
pluged up??? sure need some input
johnf

"johnf" > wrote in message
lkaboutautos.com...
> have a friend with a 1995 ford taurus..and the torque converter dosent
> always disingage when the car comes to a stop and kills the engen.. It
> sometimes stalls the engen when put in reverse..it was a littel low on
> fluid so we put in some Lotis trans condishner..converter is starting to
> work better and reverse also..I havent worked on an automatic sence I
> stoped building them In 1992..I think its a AXOD-E...is there an electric
> solonid to lock up the converter like the old 350lock ups..that gets
> pluged up??? sure need some input
> johnf
>

Yes, it has a solenoid to control tc lockup. Just like the GM's, when
it fails in the ON position, it acts like a manual-shift tranny when one
tries to stop w/o depressing the clutch--it stalls in forward or reverse.
HTH, s

so it is a normaly closed switch..like the old 400 kickdown sol..so i
should be able to take it out and clean it.

i need a web site that i can get diagrams and pictures for a 1995 ford
taurus

sdlomi2 Wrote:
> "johnf" > wrote in message
> lkaboutautos.com...
> > have a friend with a 1995 ford taurus..and the torque converter
> dosent
> > always disingage when the car comes to a stop and kills the engen..
> It
> > sometimes stalls the engen when put in reverse..it was a littel low
> on
> > fluid so we put in some Lotis trans condishner..converter is starting
> to
> > work better and reverse also..I havent worked on an automatic sence
> I
> > stoped building them In 1992..I think its a AXOD-E...is there an
> electric
> > solonid to lock up the converter like the old 350lock ups..that gets
> > pluged up??? sure need some input
> > johnf
> >
>
> Yes, it has a solenoid to control tc lockup. Just like the GM's, when
> it fails in the ON position, it acts like a manual-shift tranny when
> one
> tries to stop w/o depressing the clutch--it stalls in forward or
> reverse.
> HTH, s


It closes or comes on in higher gears when the pcm wants lockup.
You might check brake light switch for pcm first.
If the solenoid is acting up replace it.
A good repair manual or.
http://www.alldata.com/products/diy/index.html
Will take you threw the checks and operation of replacing it.
Crunch


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