Cow-man
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Ok first of all Howdy to all!!!
Great to be here!!
Now to the nut Curtin...
I just purchased a 1995 F Super Duty truck with a 7.3 turbo auto tranny.
My tranny is acting up...upon test drive the tranny shifted hard. I mean really hard...so hard that I turned around and went back after 4 or 500 yards. The guy said the tranny was reciently rebuilt...we checked the fluid level and it was low. After giving it 3 qts of blood I tested it again. Shifted perfectly!! Drove it about 5 miles then back ..a total of 10 miles. I bought it...happy with mt purchase. Guy said that he dis loose some fluid when he installed TBE new aluminum radiator but didn't think he lost that much so he didn't check it after install. Well I started home...a 3 hour drive...15 miles into drive the tranny acted up again. Same thing but this time I put a at of Lucas Auto tranny additive in. After about 10 more miles it finally shifted right and did so for the remainder of the trip home. I got up the next morning and tranny still acting as it should. Drove it about 20 miles parked it til late afternoon .started home and once again same hard shift...no over drive ...OD light on shifter blinking.... Got it home and started researching......fone on a forum that in a 1997 model the tranny takes its shift change quest from the tachometer....i did notice that my tech is not working properly....idles at about 400rpm...driving doesn't reach 1000. Is this my problem?. Your thoughts please!!
Great to be here!!
Now to the nut Curtin...
I just purchased a 1995 F Super Duty truck with a 7.3 turbo auto tranny.
My tranny is acting up...upon test drive the tranny shifted hard. I mean really hard...so hard that I turned around and went back after 4 or 500 yards. The guy said the tranny was reciently rebuilt...we checked the fluid level and it was low. After giving it 3 qts of blood I tested it again. Shifted perfectly!! Drove it about 5 miles then back ..a total of 10 miles. I bought it...happy with mt purchase. Guy said that he dis loose some fluid when he installed TBE new aluminum radiator but didn't think he lost that much so he didn't check it after install. Well I started home...a 3 hour drive...15 miles into drive the tranny acted up again. Same thing but this time I put a at of Lucas Auto tranny additive in. After about 10 more miles it finally shifted right and did so for the remainder of the trip home. I got up the next morning and tranny still acting as it should. Drove it about 20 miles parked it til late afternoon .started home and once again same hard shift...no over drive ...OD light on shifter blinking.... Got it home and started researching......fone on a forum that in a 1997 model the tranny takes its shift change quest from the tachometer....i did notice that my tech is not working properly....idles at about 400rpm...driving doesn't reach 1000. Is this my problem?. Your thoughts please!!