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My transmission jerks when i drive around 45 miles an hour then it stops but its not a real problem

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A bad ground on the oxygen sensor wiring caused my 89 colony park to "trailer hitch" like you described in the original post. After I properly grounded it the problem went away.

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    Just a thought. Does the problem happen when it is raining? My 89 wagon ran great when I had the wipers on. That led me to the wiring diagram and the solution.

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It is probably "searching" for overdrive. If you are doing in town driving only leave the selector in drive. It should stop searching for overdrive. Once you get to a place that you will exceed 45 put it into od and it will probably shift normally.

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Might be the converter.

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