thesmokey1
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- Bellefontaine, OH
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- 1995 Ranger XL
Hey guys, I am re-posting in the CORRECT 
area of the forum with some updated news on my 4R44E. I've got a '95 Ranger with the 2.3l and 165k on it. Ok so, while driving home form my ladies house a couple of weeks ago, I lost overdrive while going 55 MPH. Pulled over and checked the fluid, good to go on level and no burnt smell. Put a little extra into it (just a blob or two) then discovered I had no reverse. Put the truck into OD and I limped home in first, but it never wanted to shift into second, just revved through the roof as it was trying, and I had the flashing OD off light the whole way. While my brother and I were messing with it the other day, we found the fluid to be low, we added some and the truck would shudder into R and then engage but whenever you pressed on the gas it would act like it wanted to die. Took it down the road in OD, shifted fine from 1st 2nd 3rd then OD-strange... Pulled into a driveway to turn around and go home-no reverse...strange again While going home, not far, just a few houses up the road, it wouldn't shift into 2nd while in OD again. So we shifted it manually into each gear with no problems. Pulled back into the driveway, found to still have no reverse gear and we couldn't even get it to do the shuddering thing again. Last night I went out and pulled the pan, found that there was trans fluid on the cross-member and parts of the pan. (over-pressured?) and found absolutely no chunks of anything, just a good amount of sludge on the magnet, even the fluid looked great.
So. I have read the excellent diary on the 5R55E VB rebuild and would like to know if this is where I should head with this problem. I didn't take the VB out last night or the filter but I noted the locations of all the solenoids (thanks to the awesome VB diary by Glacier). My brother seems to think that we should pull out the entire trans, because he's thinking that I have a bad torque converter. No offense to my bro, but I'm not prepared for that job, seeing as we have only Saturday afternoon and Sunday to check things out. My suspicions are, from my knowledge gained from Glacier's VB diary either one or more solenoids or the reverse servos or some or all of the gaskets. Would it be possible to pull the VB out in my driveway then check the solenoids and servos? I know the resistance I'm looking for with the solenoids but he mentioned how to check the EPC and TCC with 12v power and brake cleaner, how do I do that without electrocuting myself? I'll probably be replacing the EPC and we'll be doing the TSB fix. I don't have access to a code reader, (Autozone's $150 loaner wouldn't read the trans codes and I couldn't afford the $427 dollars O'Reilly's wanted to loan theirs out that can read them and I can't really move the truck due to my fears of making something worse) so I'm kaput on reading any codes.
I hate to just tear into it without a code reader, but thanks to all the knowledge from Glacier and others gained on this site I feel like I know this trans inside and out lol. Also, how do I see if the servo is bad? I saw in one post about it being as hard as a rock...
If you guys can help point out anything I'm missing it would be MASSIVELY appreciated, and yes I'm getting ready to buy a membership to your guys' site for all the great info and for the fact that I've decided to keep this Ranger even with the tranns problems and do my best to fix it up since it really is such a nice little truck. Its got 165k on it, I payed $75 bucks for it and had to fix the timing and some other small things but it's been a great little go-getter up until a couple of weeks ago. (Been driving it for 6 or 7 months) So I'm not afraid to put a little money into it seeing that I payed less than a hundred dollars for it.
Thanks in advance, and please give me some advice on this job!
Thanks, Cory.
area of the forum with some updated news on my 4R44E. I've got a '95 Ranger with the 2.3l and 165k on it. Ok so, while driving home form my ladies house a couple of weeks ago, I lost overdrive while going 55 MPH. Pulled over and checked the fluid, good to go on level and no burnt smell. Put a little extra into it (just a blob or two) then discovered I had no reverse. Put the truck into OD and I limped home in first, but it never wanted to shift into second, just revved through the roof as it was trying, and I had the flashing OD off light the whole way. While my brother and I were messing with it the other day, we found the fluid to be low, we added some and the truck would shudder into R and then engage but whenever you pressed on the gas it would act like it wanted to die. Took it down the road in OD, shifted fine from 1st 2nd 3rd then OD-strange... Pulled into a driveway to turn around and go home-no reverse...strange again While going home, not far, just a few houses up the road, it wouldn't shift into 2nd while in OD again. So we shifted it manually into each gear with no problems. Pulled back into the driveway, found to still have no reverse gear and we couldn't even get it to do the shuddering thing again. Last night I went out and pulled the pan, found that there was trans fluid on the cross-member and parts of the pan. (over-pressured?) and found absolutely no chunks of anything, just a good amount of sludge on the magnet, even the fluid looked great.So. I have read the excellent diary on the 5R55E VB rebuild and would like to know if this is where I should head with this problem. I didn't take the VB out last night or the filter but I noted the locations of all the solenoids (thanks to the awesome VB diary by Glacier). My brother seems to think that we should pull out the entire trans, because he's thinking that I have a bad torque converter. No offense to my bro, but I'm not prepared for that job, seeing as we have only Saturday afternoon and Sunday to check things out. My suspicions are, from my knowledge gained from Glacier's VB diary either one or more solenoids or the reverse servos or some or all of the gaskets. Would it be possible to pull the VB out in my driveway then check the solenoids and servos? I know the resistance I'm looking for with the solenoids but he mentioned how to check the EPC and TCC with 12v power and brake cleaner, how do I do that without electrocuting myself
? I'll probably be replacing the EPC and we'll be doing the TSB fix. I don't have access to a code reader, (Autozone's $150 loaner wouldn't read the trans codes and I couldn't afford the $427 dollars O'Reilly's wanted to loan theirs out that can read them and I can't really move the truck due to my fears of making something worse) so I'm kaput on reading any codes. I hate to just tear into it without a code reader, but thanks to all the knowledge from Glacier and others gained on this site I feel like I know this trans inside and out lol. Also, how do I see if the servo is bad? I saw in one post about it being as hard as a rock...
If you guys can help point out anything I'm missing it would be MASSIVELY appreciated, and yes I'm getting ready to buy a membership to your guys' site for all the great info and for the fact that I've decided to keep this Ranger even with the tranns problems and do my best to fix it up since it really is such a nice little truck. Its got 165k on it, I payed $75 bucks for it and had to fix the timing and some other small things but it's been a great little go-getter up until a couple of weeks ago. (Been driving it for 6 or 7 months) So I'm not afraid to put a little money into it seeing that I payed less than a hundred dollars for it.
Thanks in advance, and please give me some advice on this job!
Thanks, Cory.
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