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99 B3000 Speedo and Shifting Problems


peggysuemazda

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Aug 28, 2024
Messages
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City
Ny
Vehicle Year
1999
Transmission
Automatic
Hey everyone,

It's been a while since I've posted. I've done a bunch of research, mainly reading @RonD posts but i'm coming up a little empty. I havent' seen any recent posts from him but if he's around would really love his input on this one.

Long story short, it's a 99 B3000 that isn't shifting correctly and the speedo, odometer aren't moving. This is after putting a new cluster in from an explorer.

I have forscan and although it's reading engine RPM, my gem.vss_gem and pcm.vss are 0 on live data tests.

The only time I have any gem codes is if I ride the truck down the road, wait for the transmission to drop into second (randomly) and I get a flashing od/off light, I hear some clicking inside the dash, followed by some VSS codes for the GEM and the PCM that they're not getting a signal.

I can see that the Gem is receiving AC voltage (0-50mv) on the red/pink to ground indicating the VSS is providing a speed signal but I'm not getting any signal out of the GEM on the black/Grey wire. I feel like this might be too low of a voltage..Other body functions like wipers, dome light and 4x4 shifting operate normally.

I tried depinning the bottom connector on the gem and reading from the black/grey pin on the gem in DC or AC but after 3 gems it's still coming up as 0v.

Can anyone tell me if i'm on the right track troubleshooting this? The last thing I remember when the speedometer worked was it starting at 0mph, going all the way up to 120mph (while barely moving) and dropping back to 0
 
RonD won't be back. he is definitely missed but something unknown to us general users prompted his dropping out the forum.

your issues are a bit over my pay grade, be patient and someone will eventually reply.
 
Ahh I was afraid that was the case. Yeah this problem has me scratching my head for sure.

Aside from having another ranger to trial and error with my best guess is something is impeding the reference voltage sent to the speed sensor but I'm stuck until someone smarter comes along.
 

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