Hi everyone, I was quite lost and then stumbled onto this forum. I hope someone out there has a solution so here goes. I have a 2003 taurus with the ax4n. Long story short, the TC splines stripped out. The pump showed no signs of damage or seizure so it sort of stumped me. I purchased a rebuilt transmission with TC, installed it, topped it off and test drove it. It drove great for about 10 minutes. I came to a stop, hit the gas and it just revved. I dropped it into 1st and it almost wanted to engage but wouldnt. I put it in reverse and bingo. I still have reverse. I drove it the rest of the way home in reverse, only a 1/2 mile or so.
I am sort of hoping it is just a weird electrical problem cuz I dont want to swap it again. I cant understand why it ran well for a short period of time.
It still shifts and drives in reverse perfectly.
I suspected I may have damaged the electronic gear selector switch on top of the tranny when I removed it from the old tranny, it was a little tight to come off.
With that in mind, I started the car then pulled the connecter off the selector switch. In this condition it will clunk into 1st and also engages into Drive but goes very softly into drive and still slips. When I reconnect it I dont have drive and it slips in 1st.
Could this part be preventing it from engaging properly? Does it actually have control to bypass the mechanical gear select lever?
Any help would be appreciated, I am getting so frustrated at this point with all the time spent on it so far. Sorry this post is so long.
I am sort of hoping it is just a weird electrical problem cuz I dont want to swap it again. I cant understand why it ran well for a short period of time.
It still shifts and drives in reverse perfectly.
I suspected I may have damaged the electronic gear selector switch on top of the tranny when I removed it from the old tranny, it was a little tight to come off.
With that in mind, I started the car then pulled the connecter off the selector switch. In this condition it will clunk into 1st and also engages into Drive but goes very softly into drive and still slips. When I reconnect it I dont have drive and it slips in 1st.
Could this part be preventing it from engaging properly? Does it actually have control to bypass the mechanical gear select lever?
Any help would be appreciated, I am getting so frustrated at this point with all the time spent on it so far. Sorry this post is so long.
