OK, this is not a F150 but a Ford Explorer. I am just looking everywhere for an answer to this. The tranny is an auto A4Ld I think.


I have '93 Ford Explorer 4WD 2 door. AUTO Tans. When I get in my truck in the morning or whenever it is cold it will not shift through the gears. I can mash the gas and it winds out before it shifts. If I go through the gears manually from 1rst to 2nd to Drive to Overdrive it will work better. After a mile or two when it is hot it shifts just fine. But let it sit overnight and it won't shift properly. It finally blew up and I had it rebuilt. The tranny would go again but the shift problem remained. I took it back and he said it was a defective part and had metal in the pan after only 200 miles and he said he also changed the governor this time, whatever that is. I think it wasn't a defective part and that the no shifting was from no fluid circulating during these shift problems and it was tearing up the newly rebuilt tranny. I picked up the truck and it ran fine but it was 98 degrees outside. One day later the temp was down to 65 and the truck sat all night and I jumped in it thinking it was finally fixed and same thing, "no shifto" until it warmed up. So to recap, transmission rebuilt, governor replaced and when it is cold it will not shift through the gears properly. If I continue to drive it will soon start to hesitate for a second or two when I get on the gas from a stop and give the driver a jerk back went it engages. Thats what happened last time as it continually got worse until it blew fluid all over a Mc D's drive thru line. I pushed her up to the food window to get my Big Mac and it was quite a sight.
Anyway Can somebody please help me. I am at the end. I cant take it to another garage and spend another $1000 or so for a job that was supposed to be fixed. I think this guy may be stumped. What does the heat and warm fluid have to do with it? Could it be electric? Vacuum lines? Anything? If more info is needed please email at onedodd@aol.com THANKS!

 

First question, Do you trust the guy your taking it to? I had a similar problem, Took it to these people to get fixed and ended up taking it back 3 times and spending $800 us of course. Finally had it towed to another shop, They spent an hour on it came back and said it was all fixed, it costed me 120 dollars, they said my problem had to do with TC and that my tranny didnt even look like it had been worked on before. I ended up suing the guy who origanally worked on it.

Second question, Do you have a shift kit? I have heard that improperly installed these kit can cause the exact problem you are having.

good luck