CLG
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- Jacksonville, FL
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '98 Ford Explorer 4.0L v6
My finance's truck broke down the other day. No reverse or drive at all. To fix the problem, I was going to replace the entire valve body but since she needed her vehicle the next day for work I replaced the vb gaskets instead. The valve body would have taken a few days to acquire. Turns out, one of the old vb gaskets was blown.
The new gaskets helped out a lot. Now she can use reverse, although it is weak. Drive works now too but you have to spoon feed it gas and accelerate slowly. If you try to force it, it will just rev up the rpm's and not go anywhere. I found that driving it up to speed in 2nd gear and then shifting into drive once the truck reaches 40 mph or so works fine. Then it is easily able to accelerate to 70+ mph with full power and no issues.
Do you guys think a full valve body replacement will fix this problem or am I looking at an entirely different issue altogether?
Thanks in advance for your help.
1998 Ford Explorer 4.0L v6 OHV
Tranny: 5r55e
The new gaskets helped out a lot. Now she can use reverse, although it is weak. Drive works now too but you have to spoon feed it gas and accelerate slowly. If you try to force it, it will just rev up the rpm's and not go anywhere. I found that driving it up to speed in 2nd gear and then shifting into drive once the truck reaches 40 mph or so works fine. Then it is easily able to accelerate to 70+ mph with full power and no issues.
Do you guys think a full valve body replacement will fix this problem or am I looking at an entirely different issue altogether?
Thanks in advance for your help.
1998 Ford Explorer 4.0L v6 OHV
Tranny: 5r55e