1997 CHEVROLET C/K PICKUPS Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WENT TO STOP TO BACK UP AND I PLACED THE TRUCK IN REVERSE TO BACK UP I HEARD A LOUD NOISE AS IF I HAD BACKED INTO SOMEONE.(LIKE METAL TO METAL) SO I IMMEDIATELY APPLIED THE BRAKE AND PUT THE TRUCK IN DRIVE TO PULL UP TO SEE IF I HAD. NOTHING IN SIGHT. SO I EASED THE TRUCK UP A LITTLE, APPLIED THE BRAKE AND PUT THE TRUCK IN REVERSE AGAIN. THIS TIME IT WOULD NOT MOVE, IN FACT ALL YOU COULD HEAR WAS A CHATTERING NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. SO I PUT IT BACK IN DRIVE AND WENT TO PULL OFF AND YOU COULD HEAR THE TRANSMISSION WHINNING AND WOULD NO SHIFT GEARS. THE ONLY WAY I COULD GET THE TRUCK TO MOVE WAS TO PUT IT ALL THE WAY IN LOW RANGE AND MANUALLY SHIFT BACK UP TO DRIVE. THE TRANSMISSION STILL...

1997 CHEVROLET K1500 Z71: CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CODE 1870. TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. *AK

1) BURNT ELECTRICAL WIRES FOR THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP. LOCATION IS INSIDE THE GAS TANK. HAD TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. EXPLOSION HAZARD. 2) POWER STEERING- WHEEL WOULD JERK VEHICLE TOWARDS ONCOMING TRAFFIC. HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING. NOTICED MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM WITHOUT ANYTHING BEING DONE ABOUT IT. EVEN BY THE NTSB! IS SOMEONE RECEIVING A KICKBACK ON THIS THING OR WHAT? 3) BURNT ELECTRICAL CONNECTION-CONNECTOR BETWEEN THE HVAC COOLING FAN AND THE SELECTOR SWITCH INSIDE OF DASH. 4) CLUNKING NOISE/HARD SHIFT, FROM TRANSMISSION 4L60E-HAPPENS CONSTANTLY FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. MORE NOTICEABLE WHEN VEHICLE IS WARM. *JB