Banks6485
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- Selkirk, ny
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- 2004 explorer 4.0
Hello everyone, my name is Chris and I’m new to this site. I need help with my trans, long story but here goes,
About a month ago, my over drive sprag over heated and exploded and sent little chunks of metal throughout my trans. Before that everyday I had this power steering buzzing at start up, and would go away once the motor (and transmission) would warm up, I thought it was the power steering, but later learned, it was the pump control valve, after the sprag exploded driving at 55 mph, I slowed down and shut off the engine, I restarted it and found out I completely lost 2nd and 4th. Anyway got it home, took it out and saw what had happened, my over drive section lost lubrication and over heated the sprag, I completely cleaned everything, by hand, I ordered a deluxe level 2 rebuild kit from transparts warehouse, I also ordered the new sprag and sun gear, a transgo shift kit, oil cooler and lines, and a reman torque converter. The converter I got from eBay, they said someone ordered the wrong converter, anyway I tested the solenoid pack and it tested fine, as well as the 3 sensor’s, I installed the shift kit correctly and modified the overdrive sungear adapter plate so that it would get more lubrication into the overdrive sprag, I’m pretty confident that I installed everything correctly and put everything back together correctly, when I finished everything and was ready to reinstall the trans, I added 10 quarts of mercon v, and a quart of Lucas into the trans before install, I put a quart of trans fluid in the torque converter, just so it wasn’t dry on its first start, so that’s 11 all together. I started the truck and let it get warm, i went thru all the gears, everything seemed fine, so I went for a test drive, 1st 2nd and 3rd gear was completely fine and felt great, going into 4th it flared, caught for a second and slipped out of gear, at witch time I left off the gas and turned around back to home. I added another quart of trans fluid, witch was burping out now, a steady dribbling I guess you could say, so I felt like it was full, took it for a test drive and again flared going into 4th but held and when it went to shift into overdrive, it flared again and just wouldn’t catch, it just neutraled out. So I turned around, and tried again but this time it wouldn’t hold 4th or 5th again it kept slipping, the o.d. Light flashed so I limped it home, also there’s a second delay going into revers too. I just don’t understand what could be the problem, I let it cool off and get cold and then drove down the street, that time no delay going into reverse and 4th gear held and flared and slipped into 5th, but after installing the shift kit and overhaul kit, you would think it would run like a champ, but no, also I unplugged my negative battery cable the whole time the tranny was out, so about a month. That should be enough time for the computers to reset? I’m stuck and don’t know what to do now, iv spent a lot of money and don’t want to spend anymore on anything that won’t fix anything. What could it be though? The servo pin bores worn out? Trans fluid still to low? Other bad solenoid valves that the shift kit didn’t replace? I didn’t adjust the bands correct? But I’m pretty sure i did it right, I tightened until 9 or 10ftlb then backed off 2 turns. Please guys no disrespect or a-holes, I’m new to transmission but can rebuild a 350 motor. So I’m not an air head, lol, all help is greatly appreciated and thank you for your time.
About a month ago, my over drive sprag over heated and exploded and sent little chunks of metal throughout my trans. Before that everyday I had this power steering buzzing at start up, and would go away once the motor (and transmission) would warm up, I thought it was the power steering, but later learned, it was the pump control valve, after the sprag exploded driving at 55 mph, I slowed down and shut off the engine, I restarted it and found out I completely lost 2nd and 4th. Anyway got it home, took it out and saw what had happened, my over drive section lost lubrication and over heated the sprag, I completely cleaned everything, by hand, I ordered a deluxe level 2 rebuild kit from transparts warehouse, I also ordered the new sprag and sun gear, a transgo shift kit, oil cooler and lines, and a reman torque converter. The converter I got from eBay, they said someone ordered the wrong converter, anyway I tested the solenoid pack and it tested fine, as well as the 3 sensor’s, I installed the shift kit correctly and modified the overdrive sungear adapter plate so that it would get more lubrication into the overdrive sprag, I’m pretty confident that I installed everything correctly and put everything back together correctly, when I finished everything and was ready to reinstall the trans, I added 10 quarts of mercon v, and a quart of Lucas into the trans before install, I put a quart of trans fluid in the torque converter, just so it wasn’t dry on its first start, so that’s 11 all together. I started the truck and let it get warm, i went thru all the gears, everything seemed fine, so I went for a test drive, 1st 2nd and 3rd gear was completely fine and felt great, going into 4th it flared, caught for a second and slipped out of gear, at witch time I left off the gas and turned around back to home. I added another quart of trans fluid, witch was burping out now, a steady dribbling I guess you could say, so I felt like it was full, took it for a test drive and again flared going into 4th but held and when it went to shift into overdrive, it flared again and just wouldn’t catch, it just neutraled out. So I turned around, and tried again but this time it wouldn’t hold 4th or 5th again it kept slipping, the o.d. Light flashed so I limped it home, also there’s a second delay going into revers too. I just don’t understand what could be the problem, I let it cool off and get cold and then drove down the street, that time no delay going into reverse and 4th gear held and flared and slipped into 5th, but after installing the shift kit and overhaul kit, you would think it would run like a champ, but no, also I unplugged my negative battery cable the whole time the tranny was out, so about a month. That should be enough time for the computers to reset? I’m stuck and don’t know what to do now, iv spent a lot of money and don’t want to spend anymore on anything that won’t fix anything. What could it be though? The servo pin bores worn out? Trans fluid still to low? Other bad solenoid valves that the shift kit didn’t replace? I didn’t adjust the bands correct? But I’m pretty sure i did it right, I tightened until 9 or 10ftlb then backed off 2 turns. Please guys no disrespect or a-holes, I’m new to transmission but can rebuild a 350 motor. So I’m not an air head, lol, all help is greatly appreciated and thank you for your time.
