hard shifting

Hello! I seem to be having trouble shifting while driving, whether warmed up or not, into gears 1, 3, and 5. For the most part I can go into gear fine. It just seems there’s more resistance going into these gears than 2, 4, and reverse. When at a stop light, I’ll test 1st gear to see if the...

this is a thread I already started , the truck has a rough idle for the first minute or so of running and shifts hard I can't figure this out. https://www.therangerstation.com/forums/index.php?threads/rought-idle-for-the-first-few-seconds-after-starting-goes-away-after-a-minute-or-so.211080/

I have a 97 2.3 ranger with 179,240 miles, has been a great and strong running truck but recently started bumbling around while shifting and when you first start it in the morning it sounds really rough, can even kind of hear it rhh rhh rhh up and down in idle and after about a minute it goes...

{i noticed for the prefix it wont let me pick between through for the year 2001 } i have a 2001 ford ranger 2.3 2wd with 175,000 miles the transmission is getting hard to shift when at a stop, when coming to a stop its hard to pull out of the gear to go into neutral, when trying to go from a...

I rebuilt myself this is third attempt at getting working i put transgo shift kit all new steels clutches new servo pistons o-rings and electric solonoids. Bought from local trans shop the shifting is real hard and doesnt want to down shift acting like manual goes in every gear overdrive got...

Hey guys, my 1989 ranger with a 1991 3.0 engine and tranny( A4LD ) is having problems! The 1-2 shift is hesitant and hard! The more throttle I give it, the longer it'll take before it shifts. It's gotten all the way to 5K rpms before. I usually have to get up about 20 mph( around 3K rpm) then...

I bought this 89' 2.9l ranger 4wd, automatic, a few months ago, I'm assuming it never had its tranny fluid changed. its fluid is dark like oil, fluid is full and doesn't leak, it had a little smell but it didnt smell like something burnt i have a feeling the transmission might be going but i am...