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Surges on 1st gear no gas

funinbc

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1992 Ford Explorer
1992 Ford explorer 4.0L

More like it bucks and the only way to stop this is to engage the clutch. This is really a pain in the ass. It happens when idling down the road in first gear. It bucks so much that I would swear that if I let it go something will break.

This has been happening for about a year. Last week I had to replace the engine due to cracked head, a real problem on the 1992 4.0L motors. I upgraded to the 1995 with the thicker heads. Still it bucks. Any ideas??
 






Why not just take it out of gear and coast? How fast are you going when it starts bucking. You may need to up the idle speed? as it sounds like not enough rmps to keep the tranny going w/o it stalling.
 






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