[AT] OT - Pickup Transmission Question

[charlie hill]

I heard a talk radio mechanic say once that if you want to find a good, 
reasonably priced transmission shop in your area to ask the police dept or 
the taxi company.  Both have lots of transmission problems and know where to 
go.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <tomehrkam at houston.rr.com>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT - Pickup Transmission Question


>
> I agree any body but AAMCO, Brake Check, Just Brakes etc. They are all
> crooks.
>
> You probably have a great independent tyranny shop in your area. The trick
> is finding them. Ask around. If you have a mechanic you trust then ask him
> which shop he would choose. That is how I found mine.
>
> If you have a little patience and a service manual you can probably fix it
> your self. The computer helps a lot diagnosing these problems.
>
> I do not remember for sure. I thought my 1991 had a mechanical 
> speedometer.
> It did have a Vehicle speed sensor for the computer. I do not remember but
> maybe they ran off the speedometer cable. I seem to remember a cable 
> coming
> from the tail shaft of the Tanny and behind the dash it goes into the VSS.
> Another cable is attached to the VSS and goes to the speedometer. If that
> is the case maybe the cable or gear is bad. Look under the truck and see 
> if
> there is a old time speedometer cable.
>
> PS: I have never heard a good AMCO story. Only horror stories.
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: charlie hill chill8 at cox.net
> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:13:44 -0500
> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT - Pickup Transmission Question
>
>
> Check the grounds and get it away from AAMCO as soon as possible and
> hopefully before they go into it.  Around here they charge you a small 
> base
> charge to tear into it.  Then tell you  it is going to need a rebuild and
> won't put it back together without a big charge.  Your's may be different.
>
> The speedometer is most likely electronic on a 1990.  Therefore if it is
> not
> working consistently it stands to reason that it is a ground.  If you can
> get it back from AAMCO before it cost you any money try putting a jumper
> cable or similar ground from the transmission case to a good chassis
> ground.
> (make sure the connections are good) and see if the problem goes away.
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rob Gray" <Robgray at epix.net>
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> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 9:33 AM
> Subject: [AT] OT - Pickup Transmission Question
>
>
>>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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