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- Vehicle Year
- 1998
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 4.0
- Transmission
- Automatic
So I've been doing a frame off rebuild of a 98 4.0 4X4 and im almost finished. Got the truck put back together and fired the motor up for the first time lasy weekend. After chasing an electrical issue for a day, she's purring like kitten. Awesome, Im on top of the world. Do one last once over of the truck and put it in gear, moves a few inches then nothing. This happens in all forward gears. Reverse works though. Go over in my head everything I did (I rebuilt the transmission last summer) and wonder if I remembered to torque the bands down. Nope, sure didn't. I tighten them down to specs and try again. No gears at all including reverse. I'm completely dumbfounded. This is my second transmission I've rebuilt and am 99% sure everything is correct. It has a new valvebody that came with servos. Anybody have any ideas or direction to give? Really don't want to take it to a shop as I dont really have the money. I'm sure someone will mention a pressure check but I dont have a gauge for that today. I did pull the supply line for the radiator and bumped the key and she is definitely pumping fluid though.
