Got a problem starting up here...
I've been worried about my transmission for a while now. When I bought it over 2 years ago the trans fluid was super dark and reeked to high heaven. So that was attended to immediately. *Note, I don't believe the TC was drained but not sure... I have a Banks 6-Gun in it and if I'm over level 3 it slams into gears pretty hard on harder acceleration. So I just keep it on level 2 or 3 unless towing then it's at level 1.
So what I've noticed this winter happening more and more often is that it doesn't want to drop into OD when I get up to speed (55mph). I have to tap the OD button and again to make it engage.
Word of advice? Trans fluid change again? Trans rebuild in the near future? If so, any suggestions on shops in the area? I'm near Lansing MI.

Thanks fellas, What do you need to know to make a more educated assumption?

Sgt. Nick

 

 

 

StorkinHer01 - I don't have to wiggle or play with the OD button at all, it's solid and light goes on and off with a simple tap, so my assumption is that it's a mechanical issue in the trans itself. But, that is why I came to you guys. Give me any and all ideas or wisdom.

RigCity - I am your typical truck owner who has no extra money to make it better than stock. There is no way $4,000 would ever make its way into my truck. That will be used this spring to replace my roof haha. But I see your point. I did some brief searching on remanufactured 4R100 transmissions on the web and I found this guy: Monster Transmission. Among others. Instead of on the web though, should I run down to the local Dealership to see if they'd handle it instead of messing around with shipping the core and all that? The pricing on a reman trans is much better than I was told for a rebuild on my stock 4R100 (consistently coming in average of $2200). So you're saying in all honesty that a remanufactured transmission is worth purchasing, instead of having anyone rebuild my old one, unless I was to pour big bucks in a super beefy build?

I haven't driven it too much lately, but another question is, could the cold weather have a big effect on shifting to OD?

Hey, one more thing. My truck is a 2000 F250. I do have a 4R100 correct? E4OD Transmissions were early '99 and older right?

 

There were no E4ODs in the Superduty. They ended with the older body style trucks.

 

 

What does the fluid look like now? I assume you haven't changed the fluid since you bought it 2 years ago, correct? Usually by the time transmissions start to show a problem changing the fluid isn't going to do you any good. For instance if your engine starts knocking you don't do an oil change.
If you have access to a scanner that can see all the fancy things the transmission is doing I'd highly recommend using it. With the torque app I believe all you can see is torque converter slip. I had a brand new trans built when I still had my old SD with a brand new converter. My converter was junk out of the box and used the app to figure that out for sure.

 

Yep, Torque pro will indicate slip.
You better start stacking your $$.
The burnt fluid was your clue.
I'm going to build my own. To do it it will still run close to 2K.
I picked up a core for $500, a good TQ will run about $650.
On this one, one clutch pack was all burned and the the TQ looks suspect.
Other than that I found one striped bolt on the pan which I fixed today.
It came from a F350 club with 350 miles and had been rebuilt before.
FYI a lot of rebuilds are actually repairs. They may not put in a full kit, just rebuild the burnt clutch pack, through in a gasket set and a reman convertor.
It comes with a 10K 1 yr warranty.