[AT] OT - Pickup Transmission Question

[Richard Fink Sr]

Rob i don't know how true it is but have been told when the earlier fords 
tranny had that problem to drain all the fluid out and get Chrysler tranny 
fluid and replace it and in a few miles the problem would be gone.  [just 
roomers from grage]
R Fink
PA




At 09:33 AM 12/21/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>I have a '90 F150 automatic 4X4 which started to have shifting problems 
>the same day as the speedometer started to "bounce" around from zero to 
>the actual driving speed. The transmission continued to shift worse and 
>worse as the speedometer got worse and worse until the speedometer stopped 
>working at all and I could barely drive the thing due to extremely 
>off-timing gear shifting. This was supposedly one of the first years for 
>Ford's electronic transmissions so I'm guessing that these trucks use 
>the  speedometer to assist the auto tranny in "knowing" when to shift?
>
>I left it at AAMCO and they said that they have to open up the transfer 
>case and take a look. Has anyone experienced this sort of problem before 
>that could give me any insights as to how big a job it was to get 
>fixed....? I just had the torgue converter on the transmission replaced 6 
>months ago and with a truck this age I'm somewhat leery of digging a hole 
>too deep expense-wise... Maybe I should park it out in the field and start 
>one of those old vehicle "collections" you see on some places here and 
>there.... ;)
>
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