'93 F-150 build

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Originally Posted by Seth

this is a stretch on an electronically controlled trans, but try putting it in 1 and then manually shifting up as youu accelerate.

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No dice. It shifted into 3rd today one time this morning but hasn't done it since then. Any other ideas?

edit: the shift to third was well after the manual shift test.

Take it to a trans shop, they will prolly charge you 50-100 then tell you what's wrong. Then you can go from there so you don't waste your cash buying new and not needed parts. Of course this assumes they don't just tell you it needs to be rebuilt.

Is there any way to get the valves inside the valve body unstuck? The guy at the trans shop said that since the trans has been sitting in a yard for a while the valves are probably stuck hence the no overdrive problem. He told me to add a conditioner to the fluid and it will probably get unstuck through driving it with the conditioner in the fluid but I want to make sure the valve gets unstuck instead of hoping it does. Any ideas?

don't buy a junk yard trans next time?

dexter yard trans

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Originally Posted by Eckert

don't buy a junk yard trans next time?

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Yeah, I could just pay somebody 2k to fix my old one for me. Good plan. Go buy a new car so you never have to fix anything on an old one.

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Originally Posted by Sparling

Yeah, I could just pay somebody 2k to fix my old one for me. Good plan. Go buy a new car so you never have to fix anything on an old one.

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:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Eckert

don't buy a junk yard trans next time?

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Originally Posted by Eckert

:rolleyes:

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Translation: I give a douchbag answer and the newb fires back so I'll just put up a condescending rolly-eyes since I dont have a better rebuttal.

Put a bottle or two of Lucas additive in it and see where that gets you. ****'s magic.

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Originally Posted by Sharpe

Translation: I give a douchbag answer and the newb fires back so I'll just put up a condescending rolly-eyes since I dont have a better rebuttal.

Put a bottle or two of Lucas additive in it and see where that gets you. ****'s magic.

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:rolleyes:

you could pull the pan and manually free each of the little balls then replace pan and refill, or even see if you could ream out each of the holes and put bigger balls in it, or you could do a shift kit (new thicker plate/new springs/new balls). All better options than just adding lucas and driving it :flipoff2:

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Originally Posted by uglyota

you could pull the pan and manually free each of the little balls then replace pan and refill, or even see if you could ream out each of the holes and put bigger balls in it, or you could do a shift kit (new thicker plate/new springs/new balls). All better options than just adding lucas and driving it :flipoff2:

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Would I have to open up the valve body to do this or are there openings where I can stick a tool in or even possibly blow air through them?

I know jack shiat about ford transmissions, and nearly so about auto transmissions in general. I bet you could google it though. I would get the shift kit.

Search Fullsizebronco.com for shift kit information

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Originally Posted by uglyota

you could pull the pan and manually free each of the little balls then replace pan and refill, or even see if you could ream out each of the holes and put bigger balls in it, or you could do a shift kit (new thicker plate/new springs/new balls). All better options than just adding lucas and driving it :flipoff2:

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Originally Posted by uglyota

I know jack shiat about ford transmissions, and nearly so about auto transmissions in general. I bet you could google it though. I would get the shift kit.

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So, should I buy gold or not, Eric?

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Originally Posted by Sharpe

Translation: I give a douchbag answer and the newb fires back so I'll just put up a condescending rolly-eyes since I dont have a better rebuttal.

Put a bottle or two of Lucas additive in it and see where that gets you. ****'s magic.

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Its a used trans from the back yard of Dexter, of course its going to be awesome with no problems! I'm sure the Lucas oil with its magic abilities will make it like new again! Best of luck! :gigem: