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Old Jul 7, 2005 | 08:24 AM
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No Third Gear ???

If anyone has expereinced this please let me know ... ASAP!
Driving last week and the truck runs and shifts fine - after a tranny overhaul / rebuild about 2 months ago - and suddenly the truck at 50 MPH on a highway seems to go into neurtal - RPMs are up and speed is dropping - after dropping to under 40 MPH and a hard down shift things are fine until the next upshift again @ about 45 MPH then the neutral thing again. My 1st guess was that third gear was gone but after pulling the tranny yesterday - my mechanic tells me its an electrical problem with the O/D? This was happening with O/D turned off as well as on - so I find that assessment a little strange.

Any one ever experienced this?
 
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Old Jul 7, 2005 | 12:46 PM
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This is a 97 Ford Explorer 5.0 Eddie Bauer with a 4 Speed Auto w/ O/D Tranny.
 
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Old Jul 7, 2005 | 03:48 PM
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2-3 accumulator could be bad,water in the trans. range sensor causing it to command 2nd, or burnt direct clutch.
 
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