Doug Burgoyne
Member
- Joined
- Oct 3, 2023
- Messages
- 62
- Reaction score
- 24
- Points
- 8
- Location
- Oregon
- Vehicle Year
- 1984
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Transmission
- Automatic
OK...just deleted all the smog stuff, ecu, smog pump and egr (PO pretty much cut and plugged much of that already, but was still hanging out in engine bay), etc, etc...installed points distributor from '74 mustang II, and new non-feedback carb. Starts great, idles fine (still a bit rich), timed, BUT now it doesn't want to shift into reverse (it did once right off the batt), but will drop into drive (but doesn't want to go forward really...acts like park brake is on but it's not). I did remove all vac lines and plugged stuff up, except for obvious ones like pcv, brakes, etc. There was one vac line, about 1/2" diam rubber that comes up along firewall behind distributor. It goes down about 8" or so and connects to hard line. I left that off intake vac tree (I'm sure that's where I yanked it from) in back under the carb, until I clean everything up and make sure my post-swap ducks are in a row. But got to thinking it may be a modulator valve vac line or something to do with transmission, so I hooked that back up to one of the intakes on the tree (back most one, as it seemed to fit best with curve of hose). I took a ton of pics during disassembly, but nothing that shows this clearly prior to pulling those lines. Dang. I'd say I must have gone too far on one thing or another that essentially disabled my trans from working correctly. I don't think it was electrical, but I'm pretty much stupid on most of this electrical stuff. I remember reading in duraspark swap write up about auto trans part of the conversion, but seemed that was only for A4LD overdrive issue...I have an 84 with what I believe to be stock and standard C5 transmission (3 speed), so that shouldn't apply to me, from what I understand.
Anyway folks...it runs finally, but no shifty! Somethings wrong, but before the swap the trans shifted and drove great. Thanks for any and all input and help! Doug
Anyway folks...it runs finally, but no shifty! Somethings wrong, but before the swap the trans shifted and drove great. Thanks for any and all input and help! Doug