hey all my 93 f250 7.5l 2wd is getting a tranny put in by me. im a diesel tech, ive had tons of these trucks but never had one no move from 1st gear. I went to hook up the shifter linkage and to my surprise the shift control on the side of the tranny wont budge and according to the dash its 1st gear. I have a feeing maybe something in broken inside but I figured id ask other Ford friends. thanks people!

 

Is this a fresh rebuild or a used slushbox? Def sounds like something isn't setup right, drop the pan and have a look.

 

well I bought the truck a week ago with the intent of putting the "rebuilt" tranny back into the truck. but it just stays in 1st. so im pretty sure when drop the pan Ill be rebuilding it again lol

 

no big deal.it just got shifted past where it was supposed to.if you force it,you'll brake the detent spring.simply drop the pan and you'll be able to adjust the shift linkage back where it belongs on the detent spring and it should shift normally again.

 

really cool, im not much of a tranny expert at all actually. thanks for the info il do that tomarrow. btw hows the new truck?

 

she's frigging awesome! i love the thing.im still waiting on the local shop to set up the lift gate and auto crane for me so i haven't gotten to use it as much as id like yet.the long wheelbase makes the old gal ride like a dream and the towing gears keeps it right in the peak hp band and she pulls strong with power to spare.....while in OD.pretty dang cool.

 

Here ya go an "auto crane? load them logs for ya!

 

yeah.wow that one is like full hydraulic or something.once she goes,she goes lol.that would work good too though.quick!
edit.oh oh.i wasn't paying attention enough.i see.he rigged up something to run off the wheel! wow that's frigging genius right there.dangerous lol.but genius.


yeah mine is like this one (scored it used on ebay.)

 

Yea quick and a tad unsafe, could you imagine what OSHA's reaction to something like that would be!

Auto crane little bit slower yea but well worth the trade off, its a whole lot safer.

Are you installing outriggers with it too or won't you need them on it?

 

yes.i think she'll need the one outrigger on the side underneath it.i don't want to have to worry about tweaking the bed since it's a dump too and the cab n chassis have such narrow frames that when i have the crane bolted way over and back on the pass side i think she'd be way to unstable without an outrigger and would put too much pressure on the rear dump hinge.least when lifting big logs.

 

that truck is a beast. but cool im hopin that the detent spring is all that's wrong, id like to have this truck up and running by Saturday.