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i still have not had a chance to test the harness. hope to get to it in the next day or so. i have it unplugged from the engine compartment. so far all the connections look good...i dont see any damage. what computer box controls all the tranny sensors? the one in the engine or the one inside?

anyone, anyone??? I have not had a chance to test the harness yet....

update: i pulled the push button switch out of the dash. it was mounted on the metal plate under the steering wheel. they had a hot and ground wire ran to the solenoid. you have to turn the ignition key on then hit the button. The hot wire was melted in several places as well as the ground...

i just picked up this 97 4wd on demand. its relatively low mileage. i am getting the above referenced codes. no first gear and no overdrive(i can get first manually) the 4wd lights alternate flashing and i get a flashing OD. The other day i got in the truck ad was able to shift in and out...

reverse works great....engine revs and barely pulls in drive. not sure yet if it actually changes gears. i am planning on replacing tranny. i have a few questions 1: could it be something more simple like a selonoid or??? 2: what all trannys will fit? this is the 2wd 5.4 liter xlt...

you may have a cracked head or a bad intake gasket. i would think that they are only speculating unless they tore into your motor. you may as well dig into it. if its your gasket, the upper and lower gasket kits are about 130 bucks.. my gasket was shot

yes and no. my truck runs great...i am getting 21-22 mpg on the highway. my problem now is that once i turn the truck off, coolant is getting to my plugs. i resolved this by de-pressurizing my cooling system. i may have set my intake gasket wrong or i may have another problem, but i dont...

radiator that makes sense, but i have no idea how to "easily" find that out. there is not residue or order coming from the tank. things seem to be going fine with the de-pressurized system. the truck is running cool and running strong. still no engine light. the radiator has spit...

cool...ill double check that when i decide to pull it back apart again

stat pretty certain...if it were backwards, wouldnt the truck overheat? the manual does not specify which was is the correct way, so i installed it the same way the old one was. which way is correct?

radiator i kinda assumed that the boiling was from the air getting in. still not sure why i get overflow into the tank this way, but not with an UN-modifed cap i will double check the hoses, but i would have thought the truck would overheat if the pump was in-op i installed a new stat...

well...a new cap did not work. 2.5 hours later, truck was very hard to start. sooo....obviously the possibility is there that i need to reset the gasket, or i have another problem going on. But since the truck runs so well, i think i will just keep my system de-pressurized and deal with it...

i am going to start another thread about the radiator(if the new cap does not work). i checked all the lines, but i am not sure why the coolant is not back flowing. maybe it has the wrong cap? it seems like the lower seal on the cap blocks the port for the overflow.

This probably dosen't have anything to do with the coolant in the cylinders though, unless the cap isn't releasing pressure at all, and forcing coolant around the gaskets...? the problem seems to be fixed. the truck fired right up this morning...it did not hesitate or sputter..... it...

no signs what so ever of coolant in the oil(that baffles me) it did not smell like gas, it did not ignite when i put a lighter to it, but my allergies are bad right now , so my smell is not all that good. tomorrow morning will be the true test.

absolutely....i did lose some coolant after de-pressurizing the system, but the temp gauges is staying right were its supposed to.

plugs all six plugs were wet, and i mean soaked. yesterday, i only pulled the upper intake off to re-torque the lower intake bolts. i cannot see any signs of any leaks anywhere. i am pretty confident this little fix will work(at least for a little while) considering the truck would have...

no signs of cracked heads...it was just an observation from the past. the gauge never made it in the red as long as i have owned it. however.....because of the issue with the radiator not relieving pressure, i got the idea that maybe the build up of pressure was forcing the coolant past the...

i did use sealant per the book. i dont believe the book said to use sealant on both sides around the ports. i do know that it said to put sealant on both sides in the corners and a small area in the front and back.

coolant at what point should coolant start working its way into the over flow? because mine does not seem to ever back flow, not even when the truck was overheating, i got no back flow today. i could hear the system boiling. i actually ended up opening the cap with some towels and relieved...

there was coolant inside the plugs. it is a lot of moisture. i will check it out when i get to the shop this morning. hopefully its fixed thanks for the help

if i can fix this, i may sell this truck. anyone interested? it runs really good once it starts...

i am also wondering why i was not throwing steam or some kind of smoke out of my exhaust

i am just baffled that i have not gotten and engine light through all of this

alright//got the upper manifold off...retorqued the lower manifold bolts. dried the plugs and put them back in. ill let the truck set till tomorrow and pull the plugs again and see what we have.

urghhh i parked the truck in my shop overnight. i came in this monring and tried top crank, it hit but did not start. i pulled the plugs and every one except the middle plug on the drive side is wet. The also kind of smelled like gas, but i assume that is from me trying to start it...

if it means anything...i unplugged the idle air control valve while the truck was running...the truck idled down and died. is there any other way to test this piece?

i parked the truck facing down hill last night and this morning i could not get it to start and the battery went dead. the truck was trying to hit, but it just wound not run. i dont know if the hill had anything to do with it, but in the past it seemed to help when i rolled the truck down to...

if it were something like the idle control valve, wouldn't that trigger an engine light? i checked the line to the reservoir to make sure it was not clogged. i will go buy a new radiator cap tomorrow to see if that keeps my radiator from blowing coolant out of the top.

i always added coolant to the radiator, but the res never emptied. the truck was def consuming coolant before. my plugs were wet , and fouled out all the time and the gasket was shot. the truck runs great now other than the starting problem. but witout an engine light, i can only guess i...

on a side note, even before i changed the gasket, my reservoir never went dry.

i cant tell if i am loosing coolant yet. there has been a couple times that coolant has shot out of my radiator cap. i assume the cap is bad. i do not have any signs of coolant in my oil(fyi)

almost 1000 miles later, still no engine light. and i gained a mile or two per gallon on the gas milleage. that is the good news. the bad news......i still have hard starts(sometimes) when it does not want to start, i have to press the gas pedal to the floor to get it to start. it will run...

ok so i got the gasket in(the old one was def shot) its been a few days. no engine light yet, but i still am getting a start that is a little less than smooth. the gasket has definitly made a difference, but what else could be causing the rough start? fuel pressure at the rail is 65psi

99 explorer intake gasket replacement, still having some hard starts i finally decided to replace the gaskets. i have a 99 6cyl push rod the intake is off. the rubber portion of the gasket is pretty rough. it looks as if the rear coolant port on the driver side should be closed by the...

i am starting a new thread. i have the intake off and have all new questions

intake i have finally decided to replace the intake gaskets. however, underneath the upper intake on the driver side, there is a big hose that plugs into the intake. part of the intake is damaged(looks melted) and there is solid crud(which appears to be melted plastic on the inside on that...

update. i still have not had a chance to put the egr gasket on or fill my tank and check my mpg. still no engine light. but it still takes about 10 seconds after start to run good and smooth

i have not gotten the gasket yet. i did not get any vac when i rev'd the truck, but i am not sure what the rpm was. i may disconnect that line and see how the truck acts when i drive.

i dont feel anything on that line at all. that line runs into a splitter which is fed by a line from the manifold. the line from the manifold has good vac