hard shifting tranny
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hard shifting tranny
I am looking for some more assistance with my 84 F250 that sat for a year while I was in Iraq.
Symptoms: It is shifting hard from gear to gear. Also, once I do get it to shift into a higher gear, it doesn't wanting to hold that gear and kicks down when I ease off on the throttle. There is no grinding or hesitation going into gear, just shifting between gears.
What I have done: I changed the transmission fluid and filter this morning. The fuild was a dark reddish brown and pretty thick. I check the fluid throughougly for chips or shavings and there were none.
What I am thinking: I just finished working on the glow plugs and was working a lot around the fuel pump area. I read in the Chiltons that on the gas F250 trucks you make adjustments which affect the transmission at both the Carb and the tranny. Is the same true with the deisel, and if so can anyone give some advice. I assume that the linkage adjustment at the tranny will be the same as in the Chilton for diesel or gas.
I was also wondering if I need a replacement valve body.
Anyone have any ideas.
Thank you in advance, Jaysen
Symptoms: It is shifting hard from gear to gear. Also, once I do get it to shift into a higher gear, it doesn't wanting to hold that gear and kicks down when I ease off on the throttle. There is no grinding or hesitation going into gear, just shifting between gears.
What I have done: I changed the transmission fluid and filter this morning. The fuild was a dark reddish brown and pretty thick. I check the fluid throughougly for chips or shavings and there were none.
What I am thinking: I just finished working on the glow plugs and was working a lot around the fuel pump area. I read in the Chiltons that on the gas F250 trucks you make adjustments which affect the transmission at both the Carb and the tranny. Is the same true with the deisel, and if so can anyone give some advice. I assume that the linkage adjustment at the tranny will be the same as in the Chilton for diesel or gas.
I was also wondering if I need a replacement valve body.
Anyone have any ideas.
Thank you in advance, Jaysen
