gday everyone .not sure if this is the rite place to put this .. ive just replaced the auto in the wifes magna the replacement auto is from a wreckers that has been recoed 3 months ago . the auto wont go into 1st 2nd . it just takes off in top gear .. wont kick down . wont manually shift into the lower gears as well.the overdrive doesnt make any difference as well. since i rerplaced the auto the taco/rev counter seems to be about a 1000 revs out - higher than the actual engine revs i dont know if the D light in the dash display is flasing or not the light doesnt work . im wondering if it could be electrical issue or something easy to fix .. the nearest mitsubishi fella is 140 klms away.. if anyone can point me in the rite direction the help would be greatly appreciated....PS 94 TS sedan east west engine 2600

the gearbox is in limp mode . what was the old box doing before you replaced it . as it could be an tcu problem .

hi.. the old box was making a heap of noise . so i pulled her in the shed dropped the sump plug .. a fair wack of green coolant came out .. i replaced the radatior with a brand new one anf flushed out all the plumbing

the old box was going through all the gears good . just makin a heap of noise

ive just put a shift kit in mine and its started doing the same thing this morning, check the conector for the solinoids and if that dosent fix it it could be the bolts for the fluid passages are lose and its not getting the right pressures

TCU has most likely die. Mine was stuck in limp home mode replace TCU all good again :)

what actualy causes it to do that?

update .. found a broken wire in one of the plugs that goes to the auto .. just went round it all with the multimeter . fixed the wire got all gears .. awesome thanks everyone ..

Inside the TCU capacitor inside the unit gets old and leak. That what happen to my old one and cause it to go into limp home mode.

yer just swaped the tcu for a spare one and smae thing i think its the solinoids but cooked the old one i think that stuffed then burnt out solinoinds because turned into heavy changing then limp mode

its a pain in the but i just wanted to put the translab shift kit in :/

hi all back home again .. when i left home the car was running fine . the wife tells me the car is playn up again . father in law dropped the oil and put 7 and a half litres of the mitsubishi oil 2 days later the auto is slipping in reverse and forwards and check engine light comes on goes off on again off again ect ect ect . im wonderin if i can buy some where a little computer reader to read the faults . my truck has one
called a road relay also this computer for the auto where would i find it.. cheers everyone

tcu behind the radio remove it bottom of the centre consol on the left hand side of the car .
check karlj sig for a pdf off the manaul .
for codes do a search as there is info on here somewhere Go to www.madmagna.com

Go to the tech index, the codes are there as well as how to read the little buggers

ok thanks mate il give that a shot.. ive still gotta find out where to get them readers .. il work on it cheers mate

i just checked out that site.. awesome thanks mate