OilRig
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- Aug 4, 2021
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- Location
- Seattle
- Vehicle Year
- 2001
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Transmission
- Automatic
I have a 2001 Ford Ranger 3.0 L V6, with a 5R44E transmission. I bought it off a previous owner knowing it had transmission issues. The guy towed his boat on the highway and went over 3rd and must have blew out the torque converter. It would hard shift and slip out of gear. Also It would not go into overdrive. Anyway I dropped the tranny and replaced the torque converter with a rebuilt one. With the new torque converter it shifts very smoothly. The only problem is that on cold starts, after I would go to my first stop sign and stand still for a bit, when I move past the stop sign the transmission slips for a sec before punching hard back into gear. Then it shifts nice and has no slippage after that, works just fine. It also does this when I stop on a hill, it slips and punches violently into gear again. This only happens at my first stop sign after a cold start, (when I park and leave before it gets cold it does not do it) and on hills. When its a cold start and I go another way that doesnt have a stop sign it doesnt do this, its only right after I stop, or I stop on hills. Short term solution would be to just avoid that first stop and hills. Its not showing any codes, occasionally a warning light comes on. My trans fluid level seems right. Can anyone think of what's going on?