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You are correct. The spring holds the weight up when cold and then drops as the engine warms up. It would be better to remove the wire for now, but get a spring when you can so your car runs better when cold.

Most of my transmission repair experience has been manuals. Light duty 4 spds to 18 spds.
This would be the first auto i would "open up" on my own to look at the internals.
Most of my work on autos has been input seals, output seals, and finding the shiny mystery sludge in the pan. Mystery sludge usually resulted in replace with another trans and send it out.
So yeah, i ve got some learning to do before i adventure into this thing.
That three part series in the literature archive looks very helpful.

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Thanks for the quick reply. If it wasn't for PO's, i wouldn't learn anything new !

My transmission experience is very limited as well, so hurry up and get to work on yours so I have someone to go to when I have questions! 😄

My car has provided many mechanical, autobody, electrical and upholstery "firsts" for me! Lots of adventures with my car, and so far we've both of us have survived! But there were times I wasn't sure!