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#144 of 292 1992 ford ranger by needhelp21

Dec 19, 2008 (8:58 am)

tansmission has been ok, shifts hard when first put in drive. driving home last night, i had it floored and just lost the transmission completely. waited 1/2 hour drove for approx 5 miles, done the same thing loss of transmission power, felt like it was in neutral. parked it, went and picked it up this morning, drove home 4 miles or so no problem. please help, single female with no clue what to do, and don't want to break down on highway again at 3 am. thanks

#145 of 292 Re: 1992 ford ranger [needhelp21] by Hiker67

Dec 19, 2008 (9:28 am)

Replying to: needhelp21 (Dec 19, 2008 8:58 am)
If I were you, I wouldn't mess around getting stranded. I'd get it to a reliable tranmission shop. It may not necessarily mean a new transmission, but you need reliable transportation.

#146 of 292 Re: 1992 ford ranger [Hiker67] by needhelp21

Dec 19, 2008 (10:29 am)

Replying to: Hiker67 (Dec 19, 2008 9:28 am)
would you happen to know what could be wrong, i have someone willing to work on it but not sure where to start. thanks again

#147 of 292 Re: 1992 ford ranger [needhelp21] by blz

Dec 20, 2008 (5:33 pm)

Replying to: needhelp21 (Dec 19, 2008 10:29 am)
Did any lights come on? Check engine,abs, any thing like that?

#148 of 292 funny noise by blz

Dec 20, 2008 (5:42 pm)

About 2 months ago I started noticing a noise/vibration coming from under truck. IT would speed up with engine rpm and go away at about 10-15 mph. About a month ago i notice it was leaking transmission fluid. It has now got to the point that lose about 2 quarts for every 50 miles. I thought it might be a cracked flex plate. Pulled the motor today. flex plate is not cracked, but at two of the torque converter bolt holes you can see the flex plate is ground down and shiny. is it possible that the torque converter is shot? anyone know how to test a torque converter?
99 Ranger 3.0 flex fuel 4 speed overdrive trans.

#149 of 292 Re: 1992 ford ranger [blz] by jclark5

Dec 24, 2008 (11:09 am)

Replying to: blz (Dec 20, 2008 5:33 pm)
No lights came on at all accept for the o/d off light that flashes. someone on here told me it might be a melted servo in the transmission because ford put the exhaust too close to the transmission. they said that thats what the shop told them was causing their truck to have the same problem.

#150 of 292 by jconn

Dec 27, 2008 (7:52 pm)

I have a 1998 Ranger with a manual (with overdrive) transmission. I recently put in a new clutch, but apparently, when I started work I left the vehicle in reverse and removed the shifter. The clutch works. I can start the truck, but can't get it out of reverse. I've removed the shift lever and played around with the tabs down inside the hole where the shift lever inserts, but I can't seem to get any of the tabs to move in a way that I can reinstall the shifter and get it into neutral. Anyone else have this problem? Solutions?
 
Thanks.

#151 of 292 Transmission (?) Whine by EMT907

Dec 28, 2008 (8:13 pm)

I have a 1996 Ranger with about 178k miles on it. I don't drive on the interstate much and just recently noticed a whine in 5th gear on a recent trip into Tampa (about 1 hr drive). I drove into Tampa with no problems, but on the way back, I started noticing this whine while driving about 65 MPH. It stops when I take my foot off the gas or drop to 4th gear.
 
I noticed tonight that it was starting to whine in the lower gears as well. The fluid levels seem to be fine. Any ideas?
 

#152 of 292 Re: Transmission (?) Whine [EMT907] by EMT907

Dec 30, 2008 (1:02 am)

Replying to: EMT907 (Dec 28, 2008 8:13 pm)
Correction: It has about 143k miles.

#153 of 292 need help by fomocobro1

Jan 01, 2009 (11:14 pm)

i was driving my 93 4x4 4.0 5 speed and all of a sudden it just either threw the clutch or the tranny or t/c went bad...it just started to free spin then when i stopped there was smoke comin from the bell housing and some god awful noise when i let the clutch out in gear or neutral,but when i press the pedal it stops..it trys to go and then it makes the noise..sounds like something bangin around in there or somethin..wouldnt it just seize if the tranny went out or would it make those noises like somethin is rolling around in the bell housing...hard to describe the noise..what do u guys think it is?

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