E4OD stuck in gear
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E4OD stuck in gear
Okay, need some help here guys. I have a 1991 F150 4x4 with a newly rebuilt motor. The trans was a brand new rebuild from Ford, and installed by Ford, I only did this for the warranty, 3 year-36K mile warranty for anything that goes wrong. It was worth the 3200.00. Anyway, the truck has been sitting for some time now, as I rebuilt the motor, 302 bored .060. So I go to start it, and nothing. I found that the transmission was stuck i gear, it looks to be stuck in reverse, but no reverse lights. But it only goes backwards, not forwards. I had to drop the trans to get the motor back in, but I didnt think anything else would be wrong. All is lined up now perfectly. Can anyone help? I disconnected the linkage, and tried to force the trans into gear, but it only goes up about an 1/8 of an inch, and doesnt go any further or backwards. I cant start the truck while in gear, so any recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks.
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If you had the torque converter seated fully into the tranny you would have been able to slide it back a little from the flex plate itself, you would have noticed this when you bolted the TC to the flex plate (flywheel). If it was already pushed tight up against the flex plate and you could not slide it back the TC was not fully seated into the tranny and that is probably the cause of your problem and it is now crushing/pushing the pump shaft back into the trans among other things.
While lifting and rotating the TC you should have felt it index into place 3 times as it went in to be fully seated in the tranny.
While lifting and rotating the TC you should have felt it index into place 3 times as it went in to be fully seated in the tranny.
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Originally Posted by TheRoadVirus
But if it's stuck in gear isn't everything.. not good..? I apologize if I'm missing something painfully obvious. Lol.
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Originally Posted by danr1
If you had the torque converter seated fully into the tranny you would have been able to slide it back a little from the flex plate itself, you would have noticed this when you bolted the TC to the flex plate (flywheel). If it was already pushed tight up against the flex plate and you could not slide it back the TC was not fully seated into the tranny and that is probably the cause of your problem and it is now crushing/pushing the pump shaft back into the trans among other things.
While lifting and rotating the TC you should have felt it index into place 3 times as it went in to be fully seated in the tranny.
While lifting and rotating the TC you should have felt it index into place 3 times as it went in to be fully seated in the tranny.
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<i>E40d flexplate and TC are a 1 peice unit</i>
Not on my truck its not, has a full flex plate with the stater gear on it. Then the TC is bolted to it.
Being as yours is a different year (mine is a 94), perhaps the starter gear is part of the TC itself but it would still have a separate flex plate bolted to the main shaft, to in turn bolt the TC to.
If you have some kinda different setup then the two above I'd like to see a diagram of it. Can ya post one of what yours looks like?
Not on my truck its not, has a full flex plate with the stater gear on it. Then the TC is bolted to it.
Being as yours is a different year (mine is a 94), perhaps the starter gear is part of the TC itself but it would still have a separate flex plate bolted to the main shaft, to in turn bolt the TC to.
If you have some kinda different setup then the two above I'd like to see a diagram of it. Can ya post one of what yours looks like?
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