Well, It wasn't that long ago that I came here and asked for advice on my 97 Taurus's Tranny woes. The issue was it would go about 2 ft and then Free Rev in Drive. Only Reverse worked. Neighborhood mechanic said we should start shopping for a new tranny or rebuild this one $1500+...
Well, being the tinker'er that I am. I discovered a large Connector on top of the Tranny right next to the Gear Selector linkage. If I unplug that harness. I can drive the car Just fine but it wont' shift to 2nd gear.
Now that I found a work around to get the car up to Autozone so I could get the Codes Scanned it came up with a problem on the Shift Solenoid but of course they didn't carry one.
So... It looked as if that Sensor would just pop out so I got on it with the Channel locks and messed up the Pins.. I know.. I know.. Smart Move huh!. Well I thought, who cares I'm going to replace it anyway so what if the pins are broke off, etc. Well.. I finally got that Socket to Pop up.. Only to find out that it's got a Wire harness hard wired into it from the bottom and it disappears somewhere down in the tranny.
Anyone know how difficult it is to replace the Shift Noids and Wiring harness?
Appreciate any advice.. I'm thinking now the tranny is definitely going to have to be pulled from the car just to do that work.. Hopefully I can take it to a Tranny place that can fix it a lot cheaper than a full Rebuild.
Well, being the tinker'er that I am. I discovered a large Connector on top of the Tranny right next to the Gear Selector linkage. If I unplug that harness. I can drive the car Just fine but it wont' shift to 2nd gear.
Now that I found a work around to get the car up to Autozone so I could get the Codes Scanned it came up with a problem on the Shift Solenoid but of course they didn't carry one.
So... It looked as if that Sensor would just pop out so I got on it with the Channel locks and messed up the Pins.. I know.. I know.. Smart Move huh!. Well I thought, who cares I'm going to replace it anyway so what if the pins are broke off, etc. Well.. I finally got that Socket to Pop up.. Only to find out that it's got a Wire harness hard wired into it from the bottom and it disappears somewhere down in the tranny.
Anyone know how difficult it is to replace the Shift Noids and Wiring harness?
Appreciate any advice.. I'm thinking now the tranny is definitely going to have to be pulled from the car just to do that work.. Hopefully I can take it to a Tranny place that can fix it a lot cheaper than a full Rebuild.