cant get my car out of second gear

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geneb

cant get my car out of second gear

Unread post by geneb » Mon Sep 27, 2010 1:06 am

i have 2000 cavalier and pulled the motor and tranny out of and installed a 2002 motor and tranny both were 2.2liter however the tranny from the 2000 has no overdrive which the 2002 has overdrive. i switched out the 2000 with the 2002 underhood wiring harness all plugs plugged into the 2000 car however when you put tranny into drive motor kills . it will go into reverse so i unplugged the tranny and stays in limp mode can anyone help me out on this

Meccboy

Cant get my Cavalier car out of second gear

Unread post by Meccboy » Mon Sep 27, 2010 7:15 pm

Using these 2 different transmissions means that the 2000 car PCM is not setup for overdrive. Just because the plugs plug in does not mean the wires are connected to the trans and PCM in the same pin numbers also. Need to swap PCM.

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