Transmission help

77ford250 · 2020-10-14 21:39:04

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.ford-trucks.com-vbulletin/2000x1504/image_f364fc214a836e85ba98bd3a8438b111b7dbb8c8.jpg How can I tell if this motor is in neutral?

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Oct 14, 2020 | 04:39 PM

77ford250

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Transmission help

How can I tell if this motor is in neutral?

Oct 14, 2020 | 04:43 PM

ford390gashog

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Well bring the lever all the up to park then two clicks down.

Oct 14, 2020 | 05:56 PM

77ford250

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Transmission help

Does anyone know why that when I put the transmission and motor together the motor will not turn over to bolt the converter the flex plate is on correct and the plugs are out

Oct 14, 2020 | 05:59 PM

ford390gashog

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Because the torque converter didn't seat and you probably jammed the pump. The torque converter has to be pushed and it should drop in three distinct points. How much clearance do you have between the TC and the flexplate when everything is assembled without the TC nuts on?

Oct 14, 2020 | 08:03 PM

77ford250

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Originally Posted by ford390gashog

the converter and motor moves freely but once there together the motor won’t turn btw the motor had sit for maybe a year and half

Oct 14, 2020 | 09:21 PM

smle

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Take it from someone who's done it. Your TC is not seated all the way into the pump. Which you've probably ruined by now. That's what I did.

Oct 14, 2020 | 09:57 PM

Mark Kovalsky

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 77ford250

the converter and motor moves freely but once there together the motor won’t turn

That's because the torque converter isn't seated into the pump. Chances are that you need a new pump and torque converter. When they get jammed together like this it usually destroys both.

It doesn't matter if the trans is in neutral or not. The engine should spin no matter what gear the trans is in. And if the engine isn't running there are only two possible gears in the trans, no matter where the shift lever is. Park works, and everything else is neutral. And the engine can spin in every position unless the torque converter is jammed against the pump because it isn't seated into the pump.