SRC ESCAPE Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 My younger brother has a ranger xlt 4wd 4.0 automatic 205,000 miles was told motor and trans rebuilt 25,000 miles ago. The issue is take off in drive and it won't shift untill about 4,000 rpm but you have to let up on gas then it shifts to what feels like 3rd or 4th gear. He also states that overdrive lite on dash lites up intermittently. He also had dealership do a fluid and filter 100 miles earlier. My guess is the trans is dieing. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackintire Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 My younger brother has a ranger xlt 4wd 4.0 automatic 205,000 miles was told motor and trans rebuilt 25,000 miles ago. The issue is take off in drive and it won't shift untill about 4,000 rpm but you have to let up on gas then it shifts to what feels like 3rd or 4th gear. He also states that overdrive lite on dash lites up intermittently. He also had dealership do a fluid and filter 100 miles earlier. My guess is the trans is dieing. Any thoughts? The auto tranny has band adjustments on the side of the case. The normal service manual says nothing about them, but you SHOULD have them adjusted every 60k. If you plan on rebuilding the transmission. Change the bands, seals, primary shift solenoid and the three secondary shift solenoids and the filter assembly at a minimum. There's a killer article on the guts of whats in that transmission buried in the explorerforum.com . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT90SC Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 My younger brother has a ranger xlt 4wd 4.0 automatic 205,000 miles was told motor and trans rebuilt 25,000 miles ago. The issue is take off in drive and it won't shift untill about 4,000 rpm but you have to let up on gas then it shifts to what feels like 3rd or 4th gear. He also states that overdrive lite on dash lites up intermittently. He also had dealership do a fluid and filter 100 miles earlier. My guess is the trans is dieing. Any thoughts? Could have a torn seperator plate gasket as well, which is a cheap fix. However you won;t know jack till you at least have the codes read to see why the TCIL is flashing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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