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cleaning intake manifold, replacing head gasket and tranny issue

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Old 03-26-2010, 09:43 PM
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cleaning intake manifold, replacing head gasket and tranny issue

my dad has a 2003 tundra and to replace the starter have to take off the intake manifold and the truck only had 89k on it and inside the intake manifold was lot of carbon/greese. and after we cleaned it wiht brake clear the truck was soo much quicker and smoother so i want to do it on my 01 max how hard is it
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i have this problem idk weather the transmission is effed or something wrong with the computer coz MOST of the time when the car is shifting from 2nd to 3rd the car usually shifts at 2500 to 2800rps not it shifts but then it feels like the gear is stuck for couple seconds, like it would "kinda" shift at 2500 - 2800 then get stuck go all the way to 3000-3200rps then fully shift. also happens sometimes on 1st to 2nd shift what might be the problem i put some lucas transmission fix but didn't help. last tranny fluid change was about 10k ago

btw the car has 147k on it
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for cleaning your intake, search for seafoam on here

For your tranny problems, its either the trans. control module or the solenoids inside the tranny
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is there any way i canreset the control module or do i have to replace it to seee if thats the problem. and if its the solonoild how expensive is it to replace
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not to be a dck man, but search, this has been covered time and time again.

the control module has to be replaced and the solenoids involve dropping the tranny pan and the valve body, about a 2-3 hour project.
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