Did a few transmission drain/refills the latest was a few weeks ago. Checked the fluid level, perfect between max/min at that time. Fluid was a nice color and not burnt.

Driving to work 21 miles each way the car was fine over the last few weeks. No issue except a slightly hard shift from 2nd->3rd. That has been present for the last few months though.

However, driving a 180 mile trip today around 80-100 miles in the car bucked and jerked. It did this once, I didn't think anything of it, I thought we just hit a bump when it was upshifting and it happened to jerk a bit.

Did it again around 10 minutes later.

Then it kept doing it, 2-3 times in a row for about 3-4 minutes and then didn't do anything for 10 minutes or so. I pulled over and checked the fluid, there was some bubbles/foam on the end of it. It wasn't burnt. Nothing leaking. It seemed to happen more when going downhill although it happens on any road condition. Weird that it happens going downhill as that would almost point to not slipping because there isn't any power on it. But anyway...

I put some Lucas Stop Slip in it as it feels like it's slipping in 4th gear, slipping by a few hundred RPM's and then "catching" again causing the jerk although I'm not positive that is the case. This however did not help, as it continued to "jerk" and bang every few minutes. I elected to continue and at lower RPM is doesn't seem to be an issue but honestly I can't tell as we only spent a few minutes at lower speed off the highway.

Thoughts? New tranny time? Or something else?

1995 GLT w/ 146k on it

 

What type of fluid did you use when you did the drain/refill? Did you check the fluid level with the car idling? What was the level

 

Make sure you call Volvo and use the correct fluid. I would buy it FROM Volvo if you aren't sure.

 

Yes it's the correct fluid, the same I've been putting in 4-5 months ago. I'm thinking its the tranny. Will post more later. Thinking about getting one from ebay thoughts? I know you get what you pay for but for $350 shipped to a shop to put it in for $500 for me, total of $850 I'm almost willing to roll the dice.

 

Not to bad of an idea. I think when mine finally goes I will convert to a manual tranny.