Traveling along just fine when transmission starting spinning and van refused to go. Pulled over and let set a few minutes, started it back up and got the van going again. As it changed gears the van jerked 3 times and then stayed in 3rd. At home looked the issues up and was told it is in limp mode. Changed fluid, filter and read the codes, 700 and 733 mostly. The van will go 50, 60 miles an hour, but the rpms are up to 4000 and over. Have been driving it this way for almost 2 months now. I am afaid that the 3.3 might give up on me, strong motor though. Looked into input and output sensors, TPM and PCM but nothing has changed. Any suggestions as I do not want to nickel and dime this van to death.
mcquaderichard
The casting could be stripped. In a pinch, I've taken the next sized up metric bolt and tapped new threads into a casting.
When you re-tap, keep the tool straight and do it by hand. Also tap slight longer than the original bolt, do not exceed the length. When re-tapping cut about 3 to 4 threads first, then back out, blow out the hole, re-align the tap back in and cut a few more threads at a time, repeat.
Sometimes, the next size up is tooooo big. You may need to look at an English size with similar thread pitch.
Some people will go with helicoils or a PEM Insert that presses in with a split in the barrel 1/4-way up. To do this right, there has to be enough material to drill out a larger sized hole and press those in to use the same original bolt.
I would not recommend JB weld nor the locktite that never comes off, just in case the reman coil pack fails in the future.
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