2001 Bonneville tranny problems???
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So to do the kit that you describe, you only have to drop the bottom pan and put spacers the accumulators?
My thoughts about the solenoid are if you have a P1811 and installing a new solenoid corrects the P1811, I still feel that the solenoid has a damaged seat. So if you are dropping the side cover, change the solenoid. But if you do not have to drop the side cover to install your kit, I agree with your logic.
My thoughts about the solenoid are if you have a P1811 and installing a new solenoid corrects the P1811, I still feel that the solenoid has a damaged seat. So if you are dropping the side cover, change the solenoid. But if you do not have to drop the side cover to install your kit, I agree with your logic.
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To do a shift kit you only drop the bottom pan. Here'* a write up. https://www.gmforum.com/t278802/ My thought is it'* more cleaning up the pistons in the shift modulator then it is the spacers.
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That'* great for a shift quality issue, but most of the time that I get a P1811, the car will shudder violently on a hard acceleration off the line. If you put a pressure gauge on the line pressure port, you will see a massive fluctuation when the car is shuddering. So I don't see that limiting the accumulator travel will solve that problem.
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I went back and looked, he didn't actually say he has a P1811 code. He said it'* likely a pressure solenoid. It is possible that is the problem, but I would hate to have him try to remove the side pan, or worse yet, have a shop do it and that'* not the problem. A shift kit is a cheep easy fix. If that does not correct the problem, then he may need to move on to the pressure switch. Also, as I said earlier, just cleaning the shift modulator has shown to do wonders. I've pulled several and found a very jerky movement. I clean them up and they move much more smoothly. We can keep the pressure switch on the table but think it'* a good idea to rule out the easy stuff first.