No dice. It shifted into 3rd today one time this morning but hasn't done it since then. Any other ideas?Quote:
Originally Posted by Seth
edit: the shift to third was well after the manual shift test.
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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?Quote:
Originally Posted by Seth
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
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eckert
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Originally Posted by Sparling
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Originally Posted by Eckert
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eckert
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
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:
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?Quote:
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.
Search Fullsizebronco.com for shift kit information
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Originally Posted by uglyota
So, should I buy gold or not, Eric?Quote:
Originally Posted by uglyota
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:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharpe
try the seafoam trans tune stuff
John, you should buy eric because he is pure gold...Quote:
Originally Posted by uglyota
I ended up moving the valve bodies and solenoid pack from my old transmission over to this transmission and everything works great now.
good stuff
Glad to hear
Now that I've got that sorted out, I looking to make the truck sound better. I am not trying to upgrade the exhaust further than the sound because I'm not spending money on performance on this truck right now. Can anybody recommend a muffler that they like that is louder than stock to cover up engine compartment noises but not so loud that it's annoying in a daily driver? I've looked at exhaust clips on youtube and it seems everybody does either a flowmaster 50 or glasspacks. I don't want glasspacks and want to see if there's something besides the flowmaster.
edit: I'd like it to sound like a truck, not a sports car.
Dynomax, that is what I have on my Chevelle, it is like an off brand flow master and I think it sounds good.
Magnaflow is my personal favorite. I've got one on the Scout and the Jeep has one sitting in a box.
Have a Maganflow on mine and it is nice and quiet.
I like flowmaster the 80 series is what I had on my big bronco and it was awesome.
its never gonna be very loud with the two cats on there. My bronco was the same way, just find someone to remove the precat and it will wake it up. I like magnaflow as well
i have a couple flowmasters sitting in the garage from the bronco.
What series are they and what size in/outlet?Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy
3" in and out... dont remember series for sure... dual chamber 80 i think
Bassani Y pipe. I got mine used for a couple hundred bucks. Or find a shop that will actually remove cats. most wont.
I have a universal cat behind my y pipe and then a 40 series flowmaster. I could tell very little difference between how it sounded with and without the cat on it. It's mildly loud.
It is probably a good idea to replace your cats at this point anyway, that is a high mileage truck right?
It's got 185k on it right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seth
But if I replace the exhaust I'm going with some shorty headers and going dual exhaust, don't have the coin right now so I'm just replacing the muffler since the engine is somewhat of a turd anyways; not that I would want to tear it up with the current transmission. I want this one to last me until after college or until I do a ZF swap.
what engine... i have 351m hooker super comp headers too
Bone stock 93 5.0, except the spark plug wires, there's some janky stuff going on there that a PO did but it runs fine so I've never done anything with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy
How shady can spark plug wires get? Seems pretty cut and dried to me.
Somebody played dress up with my distributor with a bunch of different wires and a couple have electrical tape wrapped around them; not sure why.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seth
that truck has two cats inline right? just cut out the first on and leave the second, big improvment
That's what I was thinking, I just need to find some exhaust tube somewhere to use. Is Ed's old stuff at the Dexter house? If nothing's been done with it yet I'll ask him about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by RCcola55
You are welcome to it if they don't have a need for it.
How much for the headers?
Will they fit on a 400? Lookin to sell?Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy