crusin93
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- Location
- Maryland
- Vehicle Year
- 1987, 1998
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Transmission
- Automatic
I just picked up an unmolested 94' Explorer 4x4, with 160,xxx on the clock. This one is worth fixing. However, the a4ld is presenting a problem I've never run accross. It is in a forward gear no matter what the selector on the dash says. From a stop, in OD, It will run through 2,D,OD like nothing is wrong, but it will also go forward while the selector is in Reverse. While in park or neutral the engine will not rev freely, and the idle is 200rpm too low; almost like there is a load is on the engine. It is trying to go forward in Park and neutral, but will not kill the engine when selecting any gear. The fluid looks and smells normal.
I pulled the pan thinking I was going to see metal soup but there was nothing out of the ordinary(a small amount of clutch flake, magnet looked normal some grey sludge attached). I then pulled the valve body and following the ATSG instructions, completly disassembled it. My thinking was a valve body component must have broken or the gasket was bad. Everything looked okay, a bit dirty, but passable. All the VB bolts were attached and snug. These symptoms are not in the diagnostic section of the ATSG manual. Any thoughts or input would be appreciated before I dig any further.
I pulled the pan thinking I was going to see metal soup but there was nothing out of the ordinary(a small amount of clutch flake, magnet looked normal some grey sludge attached). I then pulled the valve body and following the ATSG instructions, completly disassembled it. My thinking was a valve body component must have broken or the gasket was bad. Everything looked okay, a bit dirty, but passable. All the VB bolts were attached and snug. These symptoms are not in the diagnostic section of the ATSG manual. Any thoughts or input would be appreciated before I dig any further.
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