Ok guys i went to work today and my truck was running smooth then on the way back from work Baam, I go to shift to 3RD gear and dam she starts to rev and not wanting to catch same with the 4TH gear, before all this happened i knew that 3RD gear was a bit tough and would not want to stay there, it would somtimes want to pop out of 3RD now if 3RD gear goes does 4TH go with it as well? any idea why this would happen? :santa: Its just about christmas and i hoping that this will not cost me alot of $$$ how much you guys think it will cost to fix this. i got a 1994 ford f150 manual tranny 4.9 liter 2wd.

 

I'm driving the same truck (model year, engine and tranny) with 140k miles. About a year ago my local dealer mis-diagnosed a bent drive shaft and worn out spider gears (in the diff.). He told me my tranny was shot. I looked into a remanufactured tranny (Mazda M5OD) from Smart Parts Auto for $655.

I later went to an independent shop who correctly diagnosed the problem, installed OEM spider gears and a used drive shaft for a very reasonable price.

I never ordered the tranny but would be grateful for feedback from anyone who has used these guys.

 

Sounds like a linkage problem but I don't know much about these trannys. I'd suggest you pull the shifter boot unbolt the top cover and take a look. I would think that would give you a quick way to see if it is something simple anyway. Beyond that, well good luck. I'm sure someone on here would have a good idea.

 

What is the fluid level? Should be level with the fill plug.

Adrianspeeder

 

nice i got over 270 thousand clicks on her and am the second owner, she runs like a top only had a couple of problems 1 being the fuel pump and the other was the clutch sticking all the way to the ground and not wanting to come back up there was no spring action in her what so ever but ill keep you guys informed to what happened i never played with a tranny but i dont think i am ready for that part yet so ill take it to fountain tire tomorrow.

 

Well just got the bad news , looks like there going to have to rebuild my tranny and thats that, i would love to do it my self but i have no knowledge + the equiptment , oh well i got quoted at around 2000 Grand oh well ill just have to wait it out and keep on a saven ,they said that this was a problem with this kinda truck and tranny that 3rd and 4th gear going but theres alot of kilometers on it, thanks for the responces , Garry out .

 

TWO GRAND!!! A reman M5OD is only 600 I think.

Adrianspeeder

 

Yup thats what he said but i hope i can find a guy in the city that can do this im sure there is such a person but when i herd that i was kinda dissapointed, christmas is around the corner and this just adds to the crap that i gotta deal with just my luck , i told the guy please just make it work its only 3rd and 4th that i want to be working, all i need is the parts and they can be replaced, like i said im not mecanically inclined with this big bohemeth , but yea check out my pic that i include of the quote. this is canadian currency[IMG][/IMG]

 

Well i found some 1 in the city who can do it for 500 bones just my luck , he rebiulds trannys and have been doing it for some time and could be ready by monday !!

 

Ok guys we found out what the problem was it was the shift forks!!! One was so badely worn out and the other was on the edge giving out aswell, i lucked out and found a guy who is very reasonable and did good work but i helped him out aswell and learned a few things about my transmission , i never looked at my transmission before or others only pics on the web and all i can say is what a piece of work having all those gears doing what they should be doing, one thing that he told me was to try not to keep your hand resting on the shifter cause this will cause alot of wear in the end i use to do this all the time but no more, in the end it cost me $800 canadian instead of the 2 grand that i was quoted at but from this place that i got an estimate at they were about to be replacing parts that never needed replacing. always look around and like me if i find a problem like this im going to bust open that tranny case and look for my self its alot cheaper than taking it to your local shop. i posted some pics of the shift forks for you people. [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG]