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I need help asap. my trucks not running

05 sport trac

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Lithia, FL
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'05 sport trac xlt
Ok so today i was driving out in the backyard havin a lil fun in the trac, and then all of a sudden it just slowed donw alot i cut the engine and let it set a few seconds then craked it again, it seems now in reverse and drive it will rev but wont hardle go anywhere. In 1st and 2nd gear it seems to be fine thoguh.
 



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check your transmission fluid level
 






You may want to explain the statement " was driving out in the backyard havin a lil fun in the trac" Does that involve deep water, or was there any gauge indication of a problem etc... Anything you can give us to go on would help greatly..
 






well there was a little mud and water but i wouldent think enough to hurt anything. But i noticed i was leaking a little trans fluid,and i was a tad low so i orderd a new gasket and bought new fluid so maybe tommrow i will have it running again if thats the only problem with it.
 






and there was no gauge indicators showing anything was wrong
 






There are no tranny guages. The kind of activity you were doing can over heat the transmission. Heat kills.

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yeah, get a trans cooler and add a temp gauge then you will know it is getting hot before you toast the thing. If you rode it hard like that it could have burned the bands and clutches, in all cases it's bad mojo
 






yea so i got a new gasket and new fluid and it is doing the same thing, 1st and 2nd is fine but drive and reverese i rev it up and it goes like nowhere. I drove it down the rode shifing it from 1st to 2nd then to drive and it would just rev with nothing hppeneing, then it kicked me off overdrive and so i put it bakc on and it ran OK for like 2.5 seconds then it kicked me off overdrive again and started doing the same rev b/s and go nowhere.
 






is th echeck engine light on?
Is the overdrive light flashing?

This may be a computer/wiring issue for sure... if you are forcing gears 1 and 2 with the shifter and they work fine but in Drive the truck doesnt want to shift... we have a trans issue or a computer/trans control issue

Check your computer codes

You may have ruined your DTRS (digital trans range sensor) or wiring to the sensor on the side of the trans
 






yea there is no chekc engine light on, but the overdrive was flashing off. But yea 1st and 2nd r fine its just drive and reverse
 






if your OD light is flashing there are codes that need to be read. But unfortunately tranny codes can only be read by Ford or a mechanic with an expensive reader, the cheaper reader will not read the Ford specific codes for ABS or the transmission.
 






OK thanks i have a friend who has a code reader i will see if it will work
 






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