gen3.5 - in depth transaxle question - A541E

[95camguy]

ok guys, i own a 95 v6 le with the a541e transaxle. i beleive i am having issues with my lock up torque converter solonoid. what i want to do deactivate the lock-up part of the of the transmission because this will help me determine if its the problem.

the transmission only clunks, mule-kicks(whatever you want to call it) when the torque converter is experiencing lock-up.(3rd/4th gear)

now here is where it gets complicated. if i look in the haynes manual it labels one of the externally accessible solonoids as the lock-up solonoid, however, the camry factory repair manual only labels them as direct clutch, SL, and SLN solonoids.(This is on page AX2-9) i have tried disconnecting the one solonoid that seems to be the lock-up one but the trans is still locking the torque converter so i must be disconnecting the wrong one.

my main question is can you deactivate the lock-up part of the transmission, externally or by dropping the pan. also if i determine that it is one of my solonoid that are acting up where can i buy this part? i have checked ebay and emailed transmission shops but i can only find the part in rebuild kits, not sold separatly.

btw... please dont suggest that i change the fluid or other obvious stuff like adjusting the kick-down cable. these have all been tried and the fluid is <10000 miles old and at the proper level.





thanks

[Cyorke]

http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/t62501.html

link to thread with toyota repair manual. Give it a shot and see if it will help any. When I was working on Toyotas we didnt really have any trans mission problmes so I never got to relaly get into them. Even if we did that was 8 years ago and dont know if I could rememebr it or not.