I was having problems with my 95 Ram not shifting correctly and then one day it would not move at all, It also was making a loud whistling noise. I had the truck towed back to my house. A few days later I tried truck and all gears where working but still heard the whistling sound. I heard this could be from a clogged filter. So I dropped the pan and changed the filter and what ever fluid I lost with ATF +4. Before this I was using DEX IIII.
The fluid in the pan was a nice pink and the bottom of pan was clean except around the magnet, which was covered in a silvery sludge, but not to bad. I put everything back together and checked fluid level while in neutral.

Took for a test drive, at first everything seamed fine but soon it wasn't shifting right. A couple of times when I would slow down the engine would almost stall. Also when I took off from a stop it felt like it was still in 3rd gear so I manually shifted from 1st to 2nd then to drive from the shift column. It would run fine doing this but after driving for a while, I lost all forward and reverse gears. i let it sit for about 10 minutes then I had forward gears. I drove for about 4 blocks then lost all gears again. I let it sit for another 10 minutes then I had forward gears again. Luckily I was only about 8 blocks from home.

Does this sound like I have a blockage somewhere else, or is my transmission just toast. I find it weird that it works if I let it sit for awhile.

This is a 95 with a 46RH so gears 1-3 are controlled via hydraulics so I don't think it would be a solenoid but I could be wrong.

One more thing, I am pretty sure the check valve by the cooler was removed from previous owner, because I have always had to put gear shifter in neutral in the morning to allow for torque converter to fill up.

 

im having the same problem... im just gonna swap trans with my parts truck..

 

I am wondering if it could be the governor. I know it is a mechanical and not electric but just a thought

 

How many miles on the truck? Recheck your fluid level with the trans up to temp.

 

195,000 miles. I did check fluid level after warmed up and in neutral. It was working really well until a few weeks ago, then had all these problems. So I haven't drove it since.

 

mines at 180,000

 

May just be time for a rebuild.

Adjusted your bands yet?

 

I didn't adjust the bands as I wasn't exactly sure how to do it. I may just call it quits for this truck. It is pretty rusty and probably not worth a rebuilt tranny. Was hopping it might be a simple fix and could get me by a little while longer. Any way thanks for all your input.