Shifting Question/Problem
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Shifting Question/Problem
97 f250 with e4od and when its out on the highway its not shifting into OD it just keeps pulling all the way to 80mph and is at about 3k rpm. i hope there might be a simple fix and not rebuilding a tranny. any help would be appreciated.
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The first thing to do is find someone with a scan tool that can read all the codes. The auto parts stores that read codes free can't do this. If there is a code stored, and there probably is, it will tell us where to start. Without the code all you can do is buy parts and hope for the best.
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Perhaps....or...I just see my money going into the fuel tank so dang fast, that I don't want to pay someone to give me an answer. I am more than willing to pay for the repair. But plugging in a scanner to tell me what a code is and then charge me to do it is poor customer service. That's all.....so how the heck are ya Glenn?
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dont worry about the hijack its aight. i have a buddy that works at the ford dealership in town i have to have a recall job done monday and he is going to hook up the scanner for free and tell me what codes it pulls. i was just wondering if there was other stuff to try until then. i added a quart of lucas atf fluid it was a touch low. i have ran mud trucks for a few years and lucas seems to fix alot of stuff lol so i thought i would give it a shot. i really dont want to have to drain and do a filter swap i am not a fan of changing auto trans oil. seen alot of cases where nothing was wrong with trans and did routine maintanence change oil and filter and start having issues with shifting. if i have to to fix thats fine but i hope the code will tell me otherwise and i dont have to do that.
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Glenn, I have been doing really well. I cannot complain....and if I did, it wouldn't help anyway...lol
W&S, it is probably a sensor or something. Your trans oil being a little low was probably not the issue. Your buddy will give you the info I am sure.
W&S, it is probably a sensor or something. Your trans oil being a little low was probably not the issue. Your buddy will give you the info I am sure.