Lunatik96
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- 1996 Ford Ranger
Hello i am new to the forum , i have a 1996 ranger with a v8 swap from a explorer and has the stock explorer 4 speed aod. Ive had the truck for about a week and its been running perfectly, but a couple days ago i took it offroading (it has long travel beams and kings all around for those interested) and it ran smooth and on the drive back home i stopped at a gas station to air up my tires and when i went to turn on my truck it clicked and didnt start, the battery is in the back and the cables had just came loose so i fixed that and continued to drive home, still running flawlessly. Then i got home put it in park but didnt turn off the truck and took off the spares from the back, when i got back into the truck and put it in drive it all began lol. It was in 2nd gear trying to take off but i thought i was slipping from getting hot or low fluid so i check the fluid its good and i let the truck cool yet it still continued to have this problem. Basically my problem is when i turn off the truck And put it in drive it takes off fine from 1st then shifts to 2nd fine but once its in second gear it wont shift down or up, but i can manually shift 1-2 without problems, but when i try to go to 3-4 by shift it from 2-D it stays in 2nd. After having this problem for a couple hours it began to work again and ran flwalessly but when i got home and parked it ans turned it on to drive it again it continued to have the problem and i got a CEL ( i didnt have any CEL when it first began this) the code is a p1000 , i got i cleared but did nothing, my OD light is not flaahing and i have no codes but everytime i connect the scanner i get the p1000 which is incomplete monitor or battery disconnect . I checked all the electrical everythings good. Im thinking its a shift solenoid gone bad putting it in limp mode , but then again my od light isnt flashing so it just might be stuck in limp mode? but id like to have more insight on my problem, thanks in advance