Shuts off when in drive or in reverse

1988 CHEVROLET CAPRICE
210,000 MILES • 4 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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Car turns off once on and in drive or reverse. What could be causing this?
Aug 5, 2018 at 12:17 PM
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Will it shut off in neutral? If not it sounds like you have a torque converter clutch that has fallen apart which means the transmission will need to be removed and the converter replaced. To be sure please make a short video using your phone and upload it in your response so I can tell for sure. Here is a video of what need to be done:

https://youtu.be/3vJAojsrfuU

Please run down this video and report back.

Cheers, Ken
Aug 6, 2018 at 3:04 PM