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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 11:55 PM
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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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Old Mar 12, 2011 | 05:48 AM
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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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Old Mar 12, 2011 | 11:34 PM
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wonder what it costs to get codes read at the dealer then
 
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Old Mar 12, 2011 | 11:44 PM
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Last summer I paid $30 bucks at the local repair here in my little town.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2011 | 08:47 AM
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The dealers around here charge 1 hour labor and thats around 70 bucks a hour
 
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Old Mar 18, 2011 | 10:06 PM
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any other ideas i dont know the codes yet will know them monday
 
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Old Mar 18, 2011 | 10:32 PM
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See if a trans shop will read them, then tell them you don't want to repair it, LOL.
 
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Old Mar 18, 2011 | 10:43 PM
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Glenn, that is just wrong...but I would love to be a fly on the wall to see it happen...LOL
 
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Old Mar 18, 2011 | 11:16 PM
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Many shops in my area offer free diagnostics.
 
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Old Mar 19, 2011 | 12:22 AM
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That's what I was getting at Sam, what Joseph said. You getting paranoid in your old age? LOL
 
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Old Mar 19, 2011 | 01:13 AM
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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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Old Mar 19, 2011 | 01:13 AM
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Uh oh, was I trying to hijack this thread....crap....it looks like I was....Sorry!
 
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Old Mar 19, 2011 | 07:25 AM
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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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Old Mar 19, 2011 | 10:18 AM
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Pretty good Sam, and you?
 
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Old Mar 19, 2011 | 02:22 PM
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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.
 
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