E4OD- No automatic first
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E4OD- No automatic first
This is a bit of an odd one. The vehicle 1989 F-250 7.3 Diesel, 2wd with an E4OD. This truck was recently purchesed used and while driving it today I noticed it seemed sluggish on take off and was missing a shift (borrowing it from my father for the day). So I put it in manual first on the next red light, lo and behold it was not so sluggish. So I know that the tranny is not automatically downshifting into first when stopped. This is something I would like to remedy pretty quickly. Other than that the tranny works fine and shifts where it is supposed to. On a side note I also loaded a B&M shift kit into the tranny shortly after purchase and as such have not had a chance to drive it in un modded trim, but it also gave me the chance to verify that this is indeed an 89 model tranny. Any aid is much appreciated 
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Thats a possibility I had considered, but I can't come up with anything that could have caused something like this. A shift kit is a pretty simple thing to install, and this tranny wasn't any different than the few I had gone through back in school. Anyway I guess I'll keep prodding around, if I have to ill drop the pan and check out everything. This is a good lesson in "baselining" to get a before and after 
If I had done that then I would know for sure if it was the shift kit. Ah well.
If I had done that then I would know for sure if it was the shift kit. Ah well.
