5th gear gone

[ssjrsw]

Hi
Tried to do a quick search but I am not at home and found nothing for this problem.

I was driving in between countries through some mountains when the overdrive light started to blink. It is steady on and off and there is no fifth gear.

First off, is this going to cause a problem if I continue to drive, I need to drive a few hundred miles back home where I can look at it, before then I can not.

Second what should I look for as the problem? Is this internal or could it be something easy like a vacuum line?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Scott

 

[ExplorerDMB]

Moving this to the transmission section. It will still be able to be discussed there.

-Drew

 

[Glacier991]

First, do you have 2nd gear? If so, you should be able to drive it back home in Drive... using the 1st 4 gears. As to your problem... there have been a couple recent threads on here, let me see if I cannot find you links.

 

[ssjrsw]

Thanks, I figured there may be a thread on this but I have not found one with this problem.

I have 1,2,3,4, but no fifth. As I said the light just keeps blinking. It will be hard to find the problem here but if I have some ideas on what could be wrong I may be able to get some parts next month while in Miami.

Thanks

 

[ssjrsw]

Anyone???

Still hoping to get some ideas here. This is the full story.

The explorer has 120,000k on it and I just replaced the filter and fluid (syn meets merc V).

I was driving from Costa Rica to Nicaragua this week when the O/D light started blinking and I lost 5th gear. It stayed that way the whole trip 280 miles. I then parked the car for three days, after that I drove a short distance and the light still was blinking. I stopped for gas and when I restarted it the light was off and I had fifth gear again.

It stayed that way the whole trip home until the last 20 miles when it started again. The next day the trunk was OK. Is the a "normal problem that could cause this? I hear maybe the TP sensor?

I am going to the US in a few days and would like to pick up any parts that could cause this

Thanks
Scott