Matthew Cody
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I've had 4 A604 transmission fail on me, albeit in heavier minivans. I live in a very hot and hilly area where the transmission is constantly shifting and and getting hot. Since my car has the original transmission in it, I'm trying to get the most out of it. If it fails, the car simply isn't worth putting a new one in and would be sold for parts.
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Spotted this 1989 in Marietta, GA. First one I've seen in the wild locally in years. I was totally surprised to see it coming down the road, I made a U-turn to snap a pic of it. Too bad I was in a Jeep, not my TC.
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This is a great upgrade for the 3.0 cars. I did this manual swap in my old 94 Caravan and it was night and day. Better performance, better fuel economy, and that was in a heavy minivan. I considered doing this with my TC, but I'm actually on the lookout for a V6 5-speed Dodge Shadow convertible, leaving the TC stock and original.
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Need to borrow the Ex Wife for the carpool lane, Teddy isn't cutting it
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56 minutes ago, Nile said:
Currently on Copart is this TC which actually looks worse than the pink one.
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I've noticed that many early A604 cars have Mopar reman transmissions in it, including a black V6 TC I used to service. Same with a 91 Acclaim and 94 Voyager I bought used, both had pretty gray remans in them. Back when my folks bought a brand new 93 Plymouth Grand Voyager, the A604 transmission failed in the warranty period and due to the high volume of failures, we had a loaner car for over a month while they waited for a replacement transmission. I remember the service manager pointing to a row of minivans, explaining that they were all waiting for new transmissions. I did all the external upgrades on my TCs original unit; updated sensors, solenoid pack, TCM, fluid and filter, use only Mopar filters!, I had an aftermarket one fail on my 90 Plymouth Acclaim and ruined the transmission $1,400 lesson learned.
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Thanks Hemi. It gets very hot here in Georgia, plus I live in the north part of the state with mountains and plenty of hills. My track record with A604 transmissions has been bad, I've had 3 fail on me, all in heavier minivans right around the same mileage, 130-140K, I should have at least another 90K out of this one hahaha.
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So my last "upgrade" didn't get much love-luggage rack, but this is more of an essential upgrade. I installed a factory transmission cooler from a 89 Turbo TC on my 91 V6. The V6 cars were equipped with a very fragile automatic transmission known as the A604/Ultradrive which was plagued with issues from the beginning. I did all the external upgrades to help prolong it's life. The V6 cars used the small integrated transmission cooler built in the radiator, which I'm not a fan of at all. I bypassed it and plumbed in the factory large cooler to help keep the fluid nice and cool. It was direct bolt on, factory fit. I bought new cooler hoses, $8.00 at Autozone.
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1 hour ago, Hemi Dude said:
Ah Yes, you Matthew have a 3.0L V6. That is a good thing for you. In that case, you CAN block off the heater hoses..
Excuse me, I always think 2.2/2.5L and forget the others are not similarly affected.
Thank you Bob for the 'awakening'!
I'll was planning on bypassing it eventually. I can smell it leaking though nothing has actually dripped on the floor but I know a bad heater core when I smell it. Once again, neglect on the previous owner(s) not servicing the cooling system. It was completely rusted and sludged up.
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I posted this on Facebook. The car is for sale as a whole at Pick-N-Pull. $1599 (plus fees and taxes I assume). No clue of the running condition. Its a 90-91 V6. Looks like it could be made road worthy assuming it doesn't have some catastrophic drivetrain failure.
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Both my tops leak, the soft top is the worst offender. On top of that my driver quarter window seal leaks and my heater core may have a small leak, I just can't win with keeping the interior dry hahaha. On a good note, the trunk is 100% dry.
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15 hours ago, Mark_Blodgett said:
Where are you going that you need that much luggage space isn't the trunk large enough?
It's pretty much for looks.
It dresses up the back end, which looks rather boring, plus it always bothered me that the peak hood line is taller then the trunk line, puts it in better proportions. I used rubber expansion nuts and grommets to seal it from any water intrusion. The last thing I need are more water leaks, lord knows I've got enough coming from the tops and windows. -
Thanks for the comments. Honestly the car isn't as clean as the pictures make it look. It actually hides some scratches on the trunk lid from the previous owner using the car as a storage shelf as it sat for 6 years.
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Criticisms welcome, I added a factory luggage rack from a 84 LeBaron to my 91 TC to dress the back end up a bit. I personally love the look.
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I've got a camper van, but no time. This is a self serve yard. You have to pull the parts your self.
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It's an 8 hour drive for me, if I had the time I'd honesty take a "mini vacation" to check it out.
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Second one I've stumbled across this year. 1990 White/Black V6. Car was very rusty, obviously not from around here. Interior was decent. I grabbed the black cloth soft top, it's in good condition-not perfect but better than my torn vinyl one. Rear brake calipers were completely rusted, couldn't unseize them from the axle.
ZC2FS1202LB205314 130K on the odometer.
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Grab that soft top, they're getting hard to find in good shape. I just pulled one from a 90 that showed up at a yard here, its in decent shape, was going to use it on my 91. 3 bolts on each side and it comes out, helps to have two people.
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Search for SG414003 on Rockauto, $17 plus shipping, I just ordered one.
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Very nice car! The Buckhead dealer emblem on the back indicates that this car was originally sold at Buckhead Chrysler/Plymouth (long gone) in Atlanta. Great find.
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2 hours ago, Garnet & Gold said:
My first hope was to remove a wind shield when a TC is in the junk yard. I would save it off should the time come to replace one. I would guess that if I had a replacement that SafeLight would us mine. LKQ charges $40 for a wind shield.
I may go back and attempt to pull the one off the TC at the junkyard here. It still has the original Maserati glass-mines been replaced prior to me buying the car.
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23 minutes ago, Hemi Dude said:
Something you should have pulled is the front license plate bracket. So many people are looking for that. Also, those 2 black hood stops that screw in.
The plate bracket was broken. I would have grabbed it otherwise.
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A 1989 Yellow hit one of the yards here last week. I went this weekend and stripped as much as I could off it, pouring rain naturally. I was hoping the soft top was in good shape but the rear window was separating. I grabbed as much of the TC-easily breakable or missing specific parts as possible; lights, lenses, top pull down unit, trim parts that are always missing, elusive rear brake calipers. Interior was pretty sunbaked and the junkyard was a bit rough with the body. I pulled the Teves unit (what a miserable job that is) and it looked pretty trashed, evidence of leaking brake fluid all over, left it behind. I was hoping it had the CD player, but nope.
Vin: ZC2FP1103KB203315
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Incredible collection of memorabilia, very tempted to drive 10 hours to get it. Hopefully someone else buys it before I have to.
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looking for black softtop.
in Chrysler's TC by Maserati
Posted · Edited by Matthew Cody (see edit history)
I have a complete black soft top, in decent shape though there are a few spots where the rear window is separating. Pulled from a 1990 parts car. I'm in Georgia. Too big to ship.