Slotz00
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- January 17, 2014
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- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1998 Ford Explorer XLT
The truck is a 98 XLT 4.0 SOHC with about 120000 miles
Ok so my problem with my transmission was what I believed to be the 3rd shift flare. When shifting into third it would feel like it down shifted or reved higher and then would shift after a bit or would shift quicker if I let off the gas.
After much time reading the threads associated with the diary I decided I just didn't have the time for a rebuild so I brought one from Central Valve Bodies.
I installed the VB without incident and it seemed to help the shift probelm some but it would still seem to flare some though much quicker and smoother if that makes sense. Just a few days after I did the work my wife was backing up and she said it felt like she hit something and reverse stopped working. All other gears work but reverse just revs. I'm hoping that is something simple though the way she described it I'm not so sure.
I'm hoping to get some advise for when I get the time to drop the pan again and curse at the darn cat converter.
Thanks for the great group and help you all provide. I just picked up the truck for the winter and I really like it so I hope I can get this resolved reasonably.
Thanks,
Scott
Ok so my problem with my transmission was what I believed to be the 3rd shift flare. When shifting into third it would feel like it down shifted or reved higher and then would shift after a bit or would shift quicker if I let off the gas.
After much time reading the threads associated with the diary I decided I just didn't have the time for a rebuild so I brought one from Central Valve Bodies.
I installed the VB without incident and it seemed to help the shift probelm some but it would still seem to flare some though much quicker and smoother if that makes sense. Just a few days after I did the work my wife was backing up and she said it felt like she hit something and reverse stopped working. All other gears work but reverse just revs. I'm hoping that is something simple though the way she described it I'm not so sure.
I'm hoping to get some advise for when I get the time to drop the pan again and curse at the darn cat converter.
Thanks for the great group and help you all provide. I just picked up the truck for the winter and I really like it so I hope I can get this resolved reasonably.
Thanks,
Scott