Donniebbig
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- Location
- Earleville Maryland
- Vehicle Year
- 1989
- Make / Model
- Ford ranger XLT
- Transmission
- Automatic
Hi everyone, this is my first Ford Ranger and also my first time here.
I bought the vehicle about a year ago with fairly low miles. 129k. 1989 with the 2.9 and Automatic transmission.
For a few months now I've been noticing a weird downshifting symptom. It stays in the higher gear too long and sort of clunks when it finally grabs the lower gear. It's not terrible yet but noticable. Now I'm noticing that when I try to back up it's slipping if there's any incline at all. If the road is flat it works fine enough.
Any thoughts? Quick fixes? I really don't want to but a new transmission
I bought the vehicle about a year ago with fairly low miles. 129k. 1989 with the 2.9 and Automatic transmission.
For a few months now I've been noticing a weird downshifting symptom. It stays in the higher gear too long and sort of clunks when it finally grabs the lower gear. It's not terrible yet but noticable. Now I'm noticing that when I try to back up it's slipping if there's any incline at all. If the road is flat it works fine enough.
Any thoughts? Quick fixes? I really don't want to but a new transmission