Have 2000 Excursion, V10, sorry i do not know what model tranny i have. Have an issue when i press the OD button on the steering column. While in park, the light comes on, indicating OD off, but as soon as i move the gear shift to drive, it turns off. Nothing happens when i press it while in drive. Overdrive will not turn off. <NOBR style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: darkgreen; FONT-SIZE: 100%; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" id=itxt_nobr_0_0>Truck</NOBR> runs in overdrive ok, but when i have the need to tow, i can't turn it off now.

On a side note, today on my way to work, cruise set at 70, truck in OD, all of a sudden the truck jerked going down the highway, giving the feeling like the tranny slipped, but only did it once. From a stop, under hard accelleration, i do not feel any slipping at all.

I'm no mechanic, so any help/ideas are appreciated. Thinking i may need to see a tranny shop or my dealer tho....

Posted under the tranny section too, but figured i would see if i could get some feedback here too....

Thanks....Jim <!-- / message --><!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE: ad_showthread_firstpost_sig --><!-- END TEMPLATE: ad_showthread_firstpost_sig -->

 

Common issue with that is the wire in the shifter column breaking and grounding.

 

ditto the above , i think you have to replace the shift lever, as the wires fail and ground out , from what i remember it was about $60, try a search on here

 

Buy the wires and the shifter lever comes free or vice versa.

Still, if it were a button issue, I have a free one but I doubt it.

 

i think we all have one lying in the bottom of our cupboards ,

anyone could have mine but the shipping would be stupid for a $3 part

 

thanks a lot to everyone for the help and the info....at least it gives me a starting point to begin looking at it...

Jim

 

Here is a link for the od wiring in the column.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/7...uestion-3.html