Auto Transmission = Instant Fail

[funkymonkey]

OK having never owned an auto before in my life, I'm now in the position where i daily drive my dad's old ceffy. Tempting as it is to change it to a manual, I really CBF.

So the autobox died and I found a decent one for about $350, and swapped it in.

Now this has brought about two problems:

1. As soon as the car is turned on, the power light blinks and then goes out. Ceffies have a power, hold and normal mode for the auto (I've got no idea what skyines and other autos have)... with the old gearbox a quick push of the accelerator pedal puts it into power mode, and hold seemed to stop it from revving too hard. With the new gearbox, none of these modes seem to affect anything, the gearbox just changes thru the gears as per normal.
   
2. The gearbox is out of an R32 GTSt, so it changes at different RPMs etc to the old gearbox, which doesn't seem to be matched too well to the stock standard ceffy's RB20DET. Is this controlled electronically or physically by gears or something? and if it is controlled electronically, where? Is it adjustable?
   

Thanks for your help guys... goddamn automatics.

[Duncan]

the light is coming on to warn you that automatics are gay. the best way to resolve the issue is to either put a manual box in or sell it.