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Enzo_Guy
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- Location
- Lima, OH/Annapolis, MD
- Vehicle Year
- 2004
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 4.0
- Transmission
- Manual
I have an '04 with the 4.0L SOHC, had a shifting problem crop up on me at random.
It will NOT go into 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, or R when sitting still but it will slide right into 4th. If I start the truck in gear, I have excellent clutch pedal pressure. The problem is that when I push the pedal down and try to shift, it is like the pedal isn't even hooked to anything. I have to no-clutch (I make sure I am competent at doing this with every manual vehicle I own for this reason) and it shifts a lot harder than if I were to no-clutch under regular circumstances.
I recently (last weekend) replaced the clutch with a Luk, sanded down the flywheel, tossed in a new slave, and bled the system. The truck drove just fine until today, when I experienced the exact same problem. My first instinct was to check the fluid, of which not even a drop was missing from the reservoir and there were no leaks under the truck.
During the clutch replacement I had to remove the exhaust and started the truck with the O2 sensors unhooked, which obviously triggered the CEL. The CEL was there this morning but was off when I started the truck to leave work today. Also it is now idling low (500-700RPM) even when it is in neutral and the clutch pedal is not pushed in. Don't know if this is related, but low idle in neutral doesn't make sense and I have no idea what would have made the CEL reset yet my radio clock is reading the correct time.
Am I looking at an internal seal leak in the master cylinder with an unrelated timing problem and computer funkiness?
It will NOT go into 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, or R when sitting still but it will slide right into 4th. If I start the truck in gear, I have excellent clutch pedal pressure. The problem is that when I push the pedal down and try to shift, it is like the pedal isn't even hooked to anything. I have to no-clutch (I make sure I am competent at doing this with every manual vehicle I own for this reason) and it shifts a lot harder than if I were to no-clutch under regular circumstances.
I recently (last weekend) replaced the clutch with a Luk, sanded down the flywheel, tossed in a new slave, and bled the system. The truck drove just fine until today, when I experienced the exact same problem. My first instinct was to check the fluid, of which not even a drop was missing from the reservoir and there were no leaks under the truck.
During the clutch replacement I had to remove the exhaust and started the truck with the O2 sensors unhooked, which obviously triggered the CEL. The CEL was there this morning but was off when I started the truck to leave work today. Also it is now idling low (500-700RPM) even when it is in neutral and the clutch pedal is not pushed in. Don't know if this is related, but low idle in neutral doesn't make sense and I have no idea what would have made the CEL reset yet my radio clock is reading the correct time.
Am I looking at an internal seal leak in the master cylinder with an unrelated timing problem and computer funkiness?
