Have a 97 K1500....tranny wont shift unless I pop the accelerator...a short distance drive is fine, well kinda, wont shift up on freeway...tried manually shifting with no success...stayed in low gear...Im thinkin shift solenoids...leaning towards replacing all of them...is this a good plan?

Asked by fvierra Mar 02, 2015 at 03:15 AM about the 1997 Chevrolet C/K 1500 WT RWD

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not sure what size tranny is...anybody know the service code? could just go to dealer.

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Have a 97 K1500....tranny wont shift unless I pop the accelerator...a short distance drive is fine, well kinda, wont shift up on freeway...tried manually shifting with no success...stayed in low gear...Im thinkin shift solenoids...leaning towards replacing all of them...is this a good plan? 1 Answer

not sure what size tranny is...anybody know the service code? could just go to dealer.

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Have a 97 K1500....tranny wont shift unless I pop the accelerator...a short distance drive is fine, well kinda, wont shift up on freeway...tried manually shifting with no success...stayed in low gear...Im thinkin shift solenoids...leaning towards replacing all of them...is this a good plan?

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Have a 97 K1500....tranny wont shift unless I pop the accelerator...a short distance drive is fine, well kinda, wont shift up on freeway...tried manually shifting with no success...stayed in low gear...Im thinkin shift solenoids...leaning towards replacing all of them...is this a good plan?

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