94 A4LD valve body check ball location question.

[Greywolf6255]

Hello. I have a 94 explorer. I took the valve body off and cleaned it. I forgot where the 4 balls goes. Can somebody help?

 

[Sams01XplrSprt]

welcome

 

[fixxxer]

Hi and welcome. Do a search and take a look at Glacier991's A4LD vale body rebuild thread, check out post #16
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=137972

 

[Greywolf6255]

Thanks for the help. But he he added a 5th. ball. I only have 4.

 

[fixxxer]

Again, thanks Glacier991 ! Start with the 6th picture through picture #9
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=919754&postcount=42

 

[BrooklynBay]

Welcome to this forum! Don't get confused with the 5th ball. Are you installing the Transgo kit?

 

[Fordexplorerguy1]

In my case i took it off and i only have 4 balls any idea?

 

[shawn294]

how do you remove the valve body? I have a 94 4.0 xl 4x4 a4ld and i lost 2nd gear and the tranny wont go into 3rd unless i let off the throttle. i have replaced the MOD and adjusted the bands on the drivers side of the tranny and still no lucky i think i might have to rebuild the valve body but not sure where to start.

 

[BrooklynBay]

The symptoms that you are describing sound like a broken band. Did the adjusting stud tighten to spec or did it just keep turning freely?

 

[shawn294]

not to sure. i didnt want to over tighten it so i only gave it 2 full turns but when i did, it didnt seem to get much tighter as i turned

 

[shawn294]

so i went and took a look and the adjustment bolt went all the way in to the tranny with out any tension on it basicly i could turn it with my fingers. does that sound like a broken band? if so is it hard/expensive to fix?

 

[BrooklynBay]

It's a broken band as I suspected. You have to open the transmission in order to replace the band (rebuild time).

 

[shawn294]

well i dont have the knowledge to do a rebuild so how much do you think it will cost to have a shop do it for me? is it worth doing or should i maybe buy a new suv?

 

[BrooklynBay]

A shop will probably charge under $2k for a rebuilt transmission with installation. You could either get one from a junkyard (at your own risk) or rebuild it yourself. We have a sticky thread called the A4LD rebuild diary in the transmission section.

 

[shawn294]

is there a standard tranny that i can put into my explorer and still use the same transfer case and the push button 4x4? basically just a straight swap.

 

[BrooklynBay]

Get another A4LD to swap into it.