Transmission swapped and still won't engage in the gears

[MikeMurphyINC]

Any clue where I can get them? I figure that I might as well get 2 of them and fix the other transmission too. Is there a way to check if the torque converter is still good?

 

[BrooklynBay]

Check WWW.TransmissionPartsUSA.Com, WWW.BulkPart.Com, and WWW.Wittrans.Com.

 

[MikeMurphyINC]

What's the difference between these 2? One is $15 and the other is $85 and which do I need to align the pump?

http://www.etoolcart.com/browseproducts/Pump-Alignment-Tool-C3---A4LD.html

http://www.etoolcart.com/browseproducts/Pump-To-Gear-Alignment-Tool.HTML

Thanks in advance

 

[BrooklynBay]

The first one looks similar to the one most people use. Mine is silver, and this one is painted black. I haven't used the second one, so I can't comment on it.

 

[MikeMurphyINC]

I'm trying to do this as inexpensively as possible. I know that I need to replace the gears because I broke one but what other part numbers from this diagram do I HAVE to/should replace? (including seals, gaskets, o-rings, etc. [I've never attempted something like this before!])

http://www.wittrans.com/Schematic.aspx?Transmission=A4LD/4R44E/4R55E/5R55E&Schematic=2

 

[BrooklynBay]

Replace the small seal on the input shaft, the front seal, gaskets, the O rings, and flat seals on the bolts. Don't touch the bushing. This should only be done with a special lathe. There are only 2 places that I'm aware of which do this kind of service. The A4LD pump gears don't have O rings like the newer 4R or 5R gears.

 

[MikeMurphyINC]

Okay, so I don't need to replace the pump plate or the bushing? I'm getting ready to make an order from bulkpart.com and hopefully I'll order all the right parts.

 

[MikeMurphyINC]

Well, I got the parts in today.

I wish there were things I had known first before I started working on the explorer. I called a bunch of shops asking them if I could use their alignment tool for the pump and one of them told me that since I didn't have the transmission vertical that when I took out the pump, all of the rings/discs/clutches or something would have fallen down to the valve body. Is this true? If so I'd have to pull the pan and valve body out and then?

-Mike