I have a 1994 f150 5.0L with E4OD transmission. Its an occasional driver (hardware store, trash dump, etc.) less than 1000 miles/year. Lately its been having intermittent trouble shifting. It will not shift into second or third, or will suddenly shift very hard.

I took it to a transmission place a friend recommended, and after a suspiciously short time was told that the pressure was low and that it required a total rebuild. That would cost more than the truck is worth.

What I know about transmissions could fill a thimble with room left over. Does this sound right? Should I start looking for a new truck?

 

Did they bother to check for trouble codes? It's an electronic transmission.

 

Here is how to easily read the codes yourself: www.troublecodes.net/ford

Get the codes and we will see where that leads us.

 

Sorry it took so long to get back. The codes I got are 111, 15, 12, 412.

I took it for a short drive to the hardware store and it has developed a new symptom. Before it would hesitate or shift hard. Now sometimes when I accelerate hard (like when merging) it goes into neutral for about a second, revving high, then shifts.

 

Those are not the codes. It has either two digit or three digit codes. It cannot have both.