Replaced Auto trans and wont go in gear!!!

[Yeliyayue]

I have a '87 supra auto, the tranny was toast when i bought it, so i just put in a tranny yesterday but the tranny i put in only had 3 of the four plugs comeing off of it!! after i got it in i tryed starting the car nothing happened, so i spliced 2 of the 4 wires on the engine side of the missing plug(i made a educated guess) and the car fired up but it wont go in gear. i tryed searching the forums for a answer but i came up empty :nono: anyone got any clues as to whats going on?

the shifter is hooked up and it clicks through gears, and i put oil in the tranny:icon_bigg

heres a link toa pic i found on the forums http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=112561
its the 4 wire square plug thats missing on the tranny.

 

[Yeliyayue]

I'm starting to think i was sold a bad tranny:cry:

 

[IJ.]

Did you adjust the Shifter so Park = park?

How much Oil is in it?

 

[Yeliyayue]

its in park, its starts up now. and its has plenty of oil. i shift through the gears and nothing happens it no noises or anything, but it is hooked up and clicking through the gears. does anyone know if that missing plug that i spliced to start the car is my problem? what do the other 2 wires on that plug do? and why doesnt the tranny have the 4th plug? dif year of something?

 

[IJ.]

"plenty of oil"???

Where is it reading on the dip stick with the car at operating temps with the engine running in park?

The trans "should" shift 100% on just the shifter even if everything is unplugged.

 

[Yeliyayue]

i'll have to go down the the shop and fire it up and check the amount of oil on the stick.

 

[IJ.]

Usually if you put it in gear and it won't move it doesn't have enough Oil, these Auto's are fairly bombproof unless it's a million miles old or the screen is blocked solid they'll work.

 

[Yeliyayue]

we put a new filter in. the old one looked normal, had some very small particle in the screen no metal chunks and the magnet in the pan had a sludge film on it also no metal chunks. I was told at the auto parts store i need 1.9l of oil so i put 1 and half quarts to start off cause i didnt drain the torque converter when it was out. the guy i bought the car from wasnt very smart, and he lost the dipstick.... and the new tranny didnt come with one. so should i risk over filling it and put half a quart more in?

 

[Yeliyayue]

I thought for sure it was that wire but im starting to think theres not enough oil...

 

[IJ.]

we put a new filter in. the old one looked normal, had some very small particle in the screen no metal chunks and the magnet in the pan had a sludge film on it also no metal chunks. I was told at the auto parts store i need 1.9l of oil so i put 1 and half quarts to start off cause i didnt drain the torque converter when it was out. the guy i bought the car from wasnt very smart, and he lost the dipstick.... and the new tranny didnt come with one. so should i risk over filling it and put half a quart more in?

ROFLMAO @ 1.9L of Oil

put another half a qt in dip it running then repeat as many times as needed
(get a dip stick)

 

[Yeliyayue]

i ment 1.9q, thxs man

 

[IJ.]

Welcome Dude!

There's no real way of knowing how much Oil came out when you dropped the pan as these things will keep dripping for a month after the pan is off!

A total dry fill can be around 5>8 litres.

Dipstick is the only way to accurately fill it.

 

[Yeliyayue]

sweet its driving awesome! im gonna go down to the junk yard and get a dipstick. im hopeing the other 2 wires on the plug i spliced to start the car just run the reverse lights.

 

[IJ.]

What colour were they?

 

[toyzforme]

sweet its driving awesome! im gonna go down to the junk yard and get a dipstick. im hopeing the other 2 wires on the plug i spliced to start the car just run the reverse lights.

Why can't you take the dipstick out of your old tranny?