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From: North Charleston, SC
I have a 95 dodge ram 5.9 4x4 AT... not sure what the transmission is but ive heard there is only one kind for it my question is i have the transmission pan off im doing a fluid and filter change i noticed A LOT of metal shavings on magnet it has also been slipping is there anything i can check while pan is off
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From: Minneapolis MN
Will not shift out of first at times and harsh first and reverse engagements
Hey,
I am hoping that you will be able to help me with this problem that I am having with this transmission.
At any given time hot or cold, my transmission will not shift out of first gear. I can try to manually shift it from 1st to 2nd and sometimes it will work and drive normal, but like today it just will not shift out of first at all until it has decided that it wants to stop playing around and shift normally. When it's acting normal it shifts fine without slippage. I checked the fluid in neutral and everything checks out just fine and there is no burn smell.....
I do notice that most of the time the engagement into first and reverse in harsh and will slam into gear... almost like it is getting way to much pressure and slams the transmission into gear.
I have played around with it enough to know that when I first crank it and manually put the transmission in 1st and manually shift it to 2nd, it will shift fine and then I can put it in drive and I will not experience any more problems until I forget to do that and put it in drive first to be reminded that it wants to not shift out of first again.. HELP!
I am hoping that you will be able to help me with this problem that I am having with this transmission.
At any given time hot or cold, my transmission will not shift out of first gear. I can try to manually shift it from 1st to 2nd and sometimes it will work and drive normal, but like today it just will not shift out of first at all until it has decided that it wants to stop playing around and shift normally. When it's acting normal it shifts fine without slippage. I checked the fluid in neutral and everything checks out just fine and there is no burn smell.....
I do notice that most of the time the engagement into first and reverse in harsh and will slam into gear... almost like it is getting way to much pressure and slams the transmission into gear.
I have played around with it enough to know that when I first crank it and manually put the transmission in 1st and manually shift it to 2nd, it will shift fine and then I can put it in drive and I will not experience any more problems until I forget to do that and put it in drive first to be reminded that it wants to not shift out of first again.. HELP!
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From: Richmond, MI
THNX - I'll start accumulating those parts. I use to be an eng/trans wrench @ a Mopar dealer, back in the 80's, so this'll be a cakewalk. I just don't have the spec tools to deal with the OD units on these.
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Ok, background info: I am 18 years old, just bought my 2nd Ram. I am headed off to college next year, so I really don't have a lot of money to throw around unless I really need to.
My truck drives pretty well, putting some $$ into the engine (plenum, timing chain, etc.) shortly here. As far as the tranny, its got 130k on it, but still shifts fine, into all the gears, OD engages/disengages fine, etc. The only time it ever shifts late is some of the time at WOT, and it struggles up hills (but I attribute that to a lack of power from the plenum).
The fluid appears to be about the right color as well. My question is if it is worth the money to worry about changing the fluid/filter in the tranny, given that it is working well as is? Like I said, don't want to waste money, but I take care of my vehicles, and want to have the tranny last as long as it can realistically.
My truck drives pretty well, putting some $$ into the engine (plenum, timing chain, etc.) shortly here. As far as the tranny, its got 130k on it, but still shifts fine, into all the gears, OD engages/disengages fine, etc. The only time it ever shifts late is some of the time at WOT, and it struggles up hills (but I attribute that to a lack of power from the plenum).
The fluid appears to be about the right color as well. My question is if it is worth the money to worry about changing the fluid/filter in the tranny, given that it is working well as is? Like I said, don't want to waste money, but I take care of my vehicles, and want to have the tranny last as long as it can realistically.
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Joined: Nov 2003
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From: North Charleston, SC
Hey,
I am hoping that you will be able to help me with this problem that I am having with this transmission.
At any given time hot or cold, my transmission will not shift out of first gear. I can try to manually shift it from 1st to 2nd and sometimes it will work and drive normal, but like today it just will not shift out of first at all until it has decided that it wants to stop playing around and shift normally. When it's acting normal it shifts fine without slippage. I checked the fluid in neutral and everything checks out just fine and there is no burn smell.....
I do notice that most of the time the engagement into first and reverse in harsh and will slam into gear... almost like it is getting way to much pressure and slams the transmission into gear.
I have played around with it enough to know that when I first crank it and manually put the transmission in 1st and manually shift it to 2nd, it will shift fine and then I can put it in drive and I will not experience any more problems until I forget to do that and put it in drive first to be reminded that it wants to not shift out of first again.. HELP!
I am hoping that you will be able to help me with this problem that I am having with this transmission.
At any given time hot or cold, my transmission will not shift out of first gear. I can try to manually shift it from 1st to 2nd and sometimes it will work and drive normal, but like today it just will not shift out of first at all until it has decided that it wants to stop playing around and shift normally. When it's acting normal it shifts fine without slippage. I checked the fluid in neutral and everything checks out just fine and there is no burn smell.....
I do notice that most of the time the engagement into first and reverse in harsh and will slam into gear... almost like it is getting way to much pressure and slams the transmission into gear.
I have played around with it enough to know that when I first crank it and manually put the transmission in 1st and manually shift it to 2nd, it will shift fine and then I can put it in drive and I will not experience any more problems until I forget to do that and put it in drive first to be reminded that it wants to not shift out of first again.. HELP!
Yakkier is on to something. A bad TPS would present it self in this manner. I would also check the cable.
If both of those check out clean your governor pressure solenoid and sensor.
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Joined: Nov 2003
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From: North Charleston, SC
Ok, background info: I am 18 years old, just bought my 2nd Ram. I am headed off to college next year, so I really don't have a lot of money to throw around unless I really need to.
My truck drives pretty well, putting some $$ into the engine (plenum, timing chain, etc.) shortly here. As far as the tranny, its got 130k on it, but still shifts fine, into all the gears, OD engages/disengages fine, etc. The only time it ever shifts late is some of the time at WOT, and it struggles up hills (but I attribute that to a lack of power from the plenum).
The fluid appears to be about the right color as well. My question is if it is worth the money to worry about changing the fluid/filter in the tranny, given that it is working well as is? Like I said, don't want to waste money, but I take care of my vehicles, and want to have the tranny last as long as it can realistically.
My truck drives pretty well, putting some $$ into the engine (plenum, timing chain, etc.) shortly here. As far as the tranny, its got 130k on it, but still shifts fine, into all the gears, OD engages/disengages fine, etc. The only time it ever shifts late is some of the time at WOT, and it struggles up hills (but I attribute that to a lack of power from the plenum).
The fluid appears to be about the right color as well. My question is if it is worth the money to worry about changing the fluid/filter in the tranny, given that it is working well as is? Like I said, don't want to waste money, but I take care of my vehicles, and want to have the tranny last as long as it can realistically.
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From: Illinois
Great Thread! I have a 95 1500 4x4 w/ 5.2 auto trans. I dropped the pan after about 20k (last time i did it) and there were a few metal shavings. Last week I pulled a camper that weighed about 7000lbs for about 7miles. I turned the O/D off and kept it below 40mph. Since then It has been slamming into and out of O/D at high speeds, but only after driving it for a while. I was wondering how easy it is to install an aftermarket temp gauge. My truck did not come with one and It would give me that "piece of mind" going down the road. I was also told that if you run an aux cooler you have to use both the internal and aux coolers to help it. Thanks in advance for the response. NICE FORD!
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Joined: Nov 2003
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From: North Charleston, SC