[keith204]

Since I've had the truck, the shift from 1 to 2 had a brief delay. I asked some people about this, and the general concensus was "well, wait til it gets worse".

1 week ago, my OD light started flashing. When I am slowing down from 55 to 0, at around 15-5 mph, it will shift hard (downshifting here). But, when I start up the truck, and before the OD light starts to flash, the downshifting is fine. Only when the OD light flashes is the downshifting rough.

FORD place said "Well your tranny fluid is contaminated... let's try to replace that first and see if that helps - $150ish" and "Otherwise we'll be looking at an assembly - $1700 parts, 800 labor, plus diagnostic fees and tax = $2700" whatever that (assembly) means.

A highly recommended transmission company that has little overhead, said that it would be a MAX of $1600 there, with a complete transmission rebuild if necessary.

ANY ideas??

99 4x4 5.4