Okay so the F-150 is messed up once again, Im not sure right now what it is exactly. So here goes the story, Im out in the sand and go to put it in 4HI. Im in N and stopped so I click it in, put it in reverse to lock it in, back into drive start moving a little bit and than clunk. Its done it for a while so I thought nothing of it but I had already been rolling when it clunked this time. So I come back and start backing up to where I was parked and it seems like there is no power at the wheels. Wierd. So Im messing around trying to figure out whats wrong and going through 2HI, 4HI and 4LO. Heres the situation 2HI works but when Im going down the road it seems like it will slip in and out of gear, and when I select 2nd or 1st gear it just revs up but doesn't move. 4HI will not move forward but it will go into reverse but it takes a lot of the motor to move it, but 4LO moves it forward and reverse and still takes a lot of the motor. Im driving home just to get it home for the night and a "Transmission Malfunction" light comes up and the OD OFF light was flashing on my instrument cluster. While driving home like I said it would slip in and out of gear and from a dead stop it would take A LOT from the motor to move the truck. A friend said he thought he saw smoke coming from my transfer case but he wasnt sure. Any techs have any opinions on what happened exactly and whats wrong?

Im going to have it taken to a dealer tomorrow hopefully get it checked out and fixed.

PS: Im sure there is grammer and spelling errors but I typed this fast.

 

Hmmm, my first idea would be the transfer case, but that wouldn't affect your 2HI slipping in and out (or the feeling of, unless it's the transfer case trying to engage and disengage) and especially shouldn't make it not go in 2nd or 1st and 2HI. Maybe your whole tranny has a gremlin and it got hungry and ate part of the transfer case too. Sucks dood, keep us informed on what happens...it's pretty major though IIRC if your OD blinks AND Transmission Malfunction message is displayed. Stop beating your truck up, j/k.

 

I've never heard of having to back up to engage the 4wd. Only to disengage.

 

Sounds like you shot your tranny....

Was you spinning or jerking it around alot in the sand?

 

Thats what I thought but most of the time if I don't it won't engage until Im rolling and make a clunk noise. Right now Im thinking either my transmission, transfer case, a solenoid, or maybe the torq converter is messed up. I was wrong 1st and 2nd gear will work but it the motor has to rev up to about 3500 RPMs to move the truck. Another thing is when I engange reverse the whole truck torques almost like one of the transmission mounts is broken but it doesn't do it in any other gear only reverse.

04RL, what do you mean? Spinning my tires? or what?

 

My guess it major malfunction, like something has come apart inside causing binding. Should be covered with no problems, but the down time is a drag. Sorry to hear it, Thumper.

 

Yea sorry spinning the tires.

 

Driveline and 4x4 stuff ain't my cup-o-tea, but I'd dare say something blowed up inside the transmission. If in manual 1 or 2, all you're getting is RPM increase with no gains in speed, there may be a shift solenoid problem and/or a forward or intermediate clutch problem. If you're needing a lot of throttle to move, maybe there's a pressure problem somewhere, spool valve in the pump stuck or a seal rolled out of position or something.

 

Nope, I had been in 2WD just cruising and put it in 4HI just so I wouldn't dig down since I was starting off from a stop.

 

Do you think your dealer is going to haggle you to fix it since you have the lift on it?

 

I hope not, we'll see.

Im taking it to a new dealer since my local dealer here is full of idiots.

 

Dude that sucks, sorry to hear your luck.
If you planned to go off road maybe you should have gotten an FX4... j/k
I hope the dealer isn't a **** about it.
Good luck

 

That would really suck. I hope it works out. That's the reason I won't mod my truck. At least not until the warranty runs out.

 

don't you have shift-on-the-fly 4wd? if so you shouldnt have to go into neutral for 4hi, i would have gotten that checked out if it wasnt working correctly. I can hear it engage but its not really a "clunk"

 

Sounds like a pretty serious tranny problem. There really isn't anything in the Tcase to slip. It's either engaged or not. Hope the dealer doesn't give you any crap about the lift.