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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 04:09 PM
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Hi All! I have 92 4wd with 4eod trans I want to swap out the 10.25 sterling rear axle with a dana 70 dually, the problem is there no speed sensor on the axle housing will my trans work okay?
 
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 04:16 PM
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nope the 4eod if it is receaving no in put from the taac it will go in to limp mode
 
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 04:20 PM
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Hi All! I have 92 4wd with 4eod trans I want to swap out the 10.25 sterling rear axle with a dana 70 dually, the problem is there no speed sensor on the axle housing will my trans work okay?
You need to find a DRW rearend from a later model truck (likely 92-97) that has the sensor in the housing.

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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 04:24 PM
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I may be a little confuzed isnt the tach hooked up to the rpm sensor on the engine?
 
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 04:38 PM
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but needs a speedo reading to work right
 
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 04:49 PM
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I may be a little confuzed isnt the tach hooked up to the rpm sensor on the engine?
What he is trying to say is that the transmission needs a road speed sensor reading to determine shift points.

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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 03:06 PM
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In the chiltons book that sensor is a abs senser on the sterling axle
 
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 10:07 PM
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92 and later trucks use the same sensor for ABS and speedo signal.

And the E4OD depends on the speedo signal and tach signal for gear selection.

They make sensors that can be installed in the transfer case rear housing that can generate the speedo signal, but you will have to install a speedo gear on the output shaft and install the sensor and then reroute the wires from the rear axle to the transfer case sensor.

By the time you do all that, a 92 or later axle will probably be a better deal.
 
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 10:39 PM
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installing a speed sensor in the transfer case wont work
the pulses from it are far less than the rear axle sensor
 
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Old Feb 26, 2009 | 01:05 PM
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Thanks guys I guess I will resale the axle i never looked close enough when i bought the the truck for parts.
 
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Old Feb 26, 2009 | 01:23 PM
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I guess you could go to an aftermarket controller that can communicate with a transfer case VSS ($$$), but your cluster speedometer will still not work. Best to look for a DRW axle that already has the VSS/ABS sensor on the fiffy housing. Much easier and cheaper in the long run.
 
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