I'm not much of a transmission guy so when an issue arises I usually have a shop do it or just swap it out. My question is actually on behalf of my brother who also owns a Fiero, an 86 SE (v6) auto. He is on a tight budget and doesn't want to have a shop charge hime for something that might have been easily fixed had we known what to look for. A few months ago he calls saying that he thinks his transmission was going out and needed a new one. I was finally able to make it over to his house last weekend and check it out. I'm not totally sold that he needs a new transmission because his problem is that his transmission just won't shift out of first while driving. Even when you manually try to shift it into second it still won't shift. Goes between Park, Reverse & drive just fine. I was even able to spin the wheels from a standstill so it seems healthy. It just won't shift into second gear no matter what we try. Could this be a shift solenoid, a TV cable issue, a leaking vacuum line somewhere? Just wanted to pick the brains of anyone who might be familiar with transmission. Any suggestions?
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