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Ford Transmission

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:02 pm
by ihatemybike
Had to pull the valve body on a '97 Ranger to extract a broken bolt. Thought it was put together correctly, but now reverse and neutral are forward gears. It's the 4R44E transmission. Anybody know what I did wrong?

Re: Ford Transmission

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:34 pm
by Smiliesafari
Check to see that you have the manual valve positioned correctly. :-k

Re: Ford Transmission

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:13 pm
by ihatemybike
Crap, I'm lost already.

Hopefully I can get to the Library before they close at 5 tomorrow. I'm hoping they have a Mitchel's that covers this trans.

Really ready for this Ranger to leave my driveway again.

Re: Ford Transmission

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 3:52 am
by astrozam
ihatemybike wrote:Had to pull the valve body on a '97 Ranger to extract a broken bolt. Thought it was put together correctly, but now reverse and neutral are forward gears. It's the 4R44E transmission. Anybody know what I did wrong?
Yea, you didn't take pics of the dis-assembly process, and now you can't go back and check what goes where :poke:

What made you think there was a broken bolt in the valve body in the 1st place?

Re: Ford Transmission

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 6:29 am
by ihatemybike
My friend broke the bolt that holds the trans filter in. He's new to wrenching and I wasn't under the truck supervising at the time.

The bolt for the filter goes all the way through the valve body, so I lowered the valve body to remove the bolt. I didn't move anything on the valve body, that I'm aware of. Nothing to really take a pic of.

Re: Ford Transmission

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:25 am
by afsigma21
You can also go to http://www.ford-trucks.com

They have a dedicated Ranger forum, and lots of other forums, I visit reularly for my 2 ford trucks. Good people there.

I have a 2001 Expy, which I HATE
I have a 2002 Ranger which I LOVE