Trying to find out what my trans issue is

[fallenauthority]

Ok, so last year I bought my Explorer from my girlfriends mother. its a 96 it had 195,000 on it when I bought it, I flushed the trans which hadn't been done since 100,000 and I replaced the radiator. It runs good minus a slight misfire at idle occasionally. It now had 205,000 on it and I tow a small trailer occasionally that probably carries 3500lbs and under. Ever since I bought it the trans has a weird "slip" It doesn't do the normal rev up and doesn't accelerate at all kind of slip, say im riding down the road at 50 and want to accelerate I push the pedal further and it kicks down a gear and revs to 3000 it doesn't climb higher than 3k and the speed slowly increases, almost as if its slipping but it grabs enough to slowly accelerate. I dont have the infamous flair issue, which im happy about, but I want to know from those with more experience with these trucks than I, is there anything I can do to possibly save this trans? Adjust bands? rebuild VB? I already am going to put a aux trans cooler on it and temp guage because I plan on keeping this truck for a long time, My girlfriends aunt had one the same year and motor (4.0 OHV) that lasted to 335,000 so I plan to beat that.

 

[BrooklynBay]

It might be related to other things like a clogged fuel filter, bad spark plugs or cables. Did you check the fluid level of the transmission?

 

[fallenauthority]

Its not a miss or anything fuel filter Is new also. Trans was flushed less than a year ago and level is good. Its like the trans slips a bit but not the kind of slip to where it won't move. Maybe bands need to be tightened?

 

[sofa king shifty]

possible bands. adjusted mine this morning. i suggest reading the stickies regarding ur trans. im rebuilding the vb right now as we speak. wutever you do-----take ur time-----mine shifted much better and was more firm after band adjust. im no expert, just learning all this in the last few days. like i said, READ, READ AND READ SOME MORE!!! good luck.

 

[fallenauthority]

I adjusted the bands tonight after work. It is much better although I do believe there is room for improvement still. I will probably read up and rebuild the VB as well.

 

[sofa king shifty]

I adjusted the bands tonight after work. It is much better although I do believe there is room for improvement still. I will probably read up and rebuild the VB as well.

I put a transgo kit in my vb, followed instructions to firm it up. shifts great.