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Mar 10, 2004 | 08:25 PM

98rangerstep

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Guys, I got a problem.

Well heres my problem, yesterday I was heading home from work when my truck started acting up, the transmission wouldn't shift at all, I could punch it and it would just stay in overdrive. Now this happened all the way home, When Ii got to a stop light I would have to manually shift it into 1lo or it would die from lugging. Well I woke up today and I went out and checked it and there is no leaking, no loss of tranny fluid, and no kinked lines, the fluid was a little dark but not burnt( i smelt it) When I started it up and put it into reverse it shifted fine but when I would put it into any forward gear it would die. This thing is in my 98, it has a 3.0 and an automatic. What could it be?

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Mar 11, 2004 | 08:03 PM

crazyclide

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Sounds like a car i once had it would die every time it got warm or ran it hard. i changed the tranny filter and oil and it helped it you might try that.

Mar 11, 2004 | 08:47 PM

78fordman

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Sounds like either the TPS sensor or the Speedo sensor. Does your speedo read right? Otherwise i would try a flush and filter, might be some garbage stuck in that tranny, you would not beleive the balck stuff that can come out of a transmission.

Mar 11, 2004 | 10:07 PM

98rangerstep

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My spedo doesn't read right but that shoud be from the tires. A flush might cure this? Oh, please say that it will definatly because I just want to drive my baby again and not my wifes tin can grand am.

Mar 12, 2004 | 07:28 AM

78fordman

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Try a tranny flush and see what you have from there. Is the o/d light blinking on the shifter at all? Is the check engine light on. I either is happening, take it down to your local parts store and they can pull the codes for you, if not, it sounds to me like either a speedo sensor, or something really messed up in the tranny internals.

Mar 12, 2004 | 03:50 PM

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torque converter not unlocking. Forgot the name for solinoed???

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Mar 12, 2004 | 07:06 PM

98rangerstep

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No there is no blinking O/D light or CEL and could it be that the torque converteris staying locked up?

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Mar 25, 2004 | 08:36 PM

98rangerstep

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Update

Well the trucks at the Transmission shop and they say that one of the switches that controls the torque converter is bad causing the converter to stay locked, so I decided to have the entire thing rebuilt because he had it torn down into little pieces when I arrived. I am having a shift kit installed and he is rebuilding it with all heavy duty parts because the company were I got the truck and the warranty said "no dice" because I lifted it. Oh well here goes two grand (its only money...right?)