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I just bought a 1984 Crown Victoria LTD. It purrs. It has a 302 v8 and power everything. Now as I'm driving down the road the car automatic transmission progresses through it's gears it shifts way to late. The engine is at high rpms winding out and I'm wondering when it will hit the next gear. Sooner or later it will shift to the next gear. This car only has 54k original miles on it. I bought it from a one owner 97 year old lady(no kidding) she had only put 200 miles on it since last aug. I paid $475 which was a steal. Does anybody know how serious this is. This car has probably not seen overdrivre in many years since she was elderly and only drove in town. Please tell me I'm not screwed and that that little old lady didn't just take me to the cleaners.
Could be that it's time to change your trans filter or your bands are out of adjustment. A decent trans shop should be able to help you out. I had an 87 interceptor that did the same thing, replaced the filter and problem solved.
1 thing about crown vics is the trannys tend to die after 150k miles. i have an 1988 crown vic in perfect condition but i knew i was gettting screwed but still bought it. i later found out it was salveged and was a fire hazard. so i had the injector O rings replaced so it would stop leaking gas on the engine. then took it to a tranny shop were they told me i burned 3 clutches and 2 gears. 4th gear in overdrive and 3rd was starting to slip in regulare drive. the funny thing is. the tranny dies at 187k miles...
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Hey all, crown vic problems, help? 
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