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Help! Ranger woun't go in gear


BuiltRangerTough

New Member
Joined
Dec 8, 2009
Messages
4
City
Maine
Vehicle Year
2003
Transmission
Manual
Hey everybody,
I have a 2003 ford ranger V6 4.0 4x4 with a 5 speed manual tranny. Heres my problem, when shifting it wount go in gear very easly its been getting worse and worse over the last few days and now after an hour ride on the highway I got off and almost couldnt get it in gear at all. I was arm wrestleing my shifter so hard it made my arm sore on the short ride threw town. I'm pushing so hard I'm woried that I will bend the shifting forks and make permenant damage. Now when i turned off my truck it would shift just fine with no trouble finding gears. First gear is the hardest second is the second hardest ext ext to 5th gear being easyest. somebody help i have to have this truck on the road. Thanks
 
your clutch is not releasing. and by forcing it you are wearing out your shift forks and synchronizers

check the fluid reservior and look under the truck for a leaking slave cylinder. most likely you'll have to remove the transmission, replace the clutch, and replace the slave cylinder.
 
Yep I would say your clutch... or clutch linkage... or slave cylinder or air in the lines some how... it can't force gears into eachother when they are spinning especially slowly like in 1st and second but when you get up to 5th the gears are spinnning way faster and will slipp in easier...

Fix your clutch problem and change the fluid in the tranny (i bet you will find plenty of metal shavings if you have been doing what you say you have... if not its darn resiliant and you probably didn't damage anything)
 
well i woke up this morning and it shifted just fine while cold, I havnt goten a chance to see if the fluid level is low yet. if it is a slave cylinder is there an easy diagnosis?
 
Sorry to hijack your thread but I've been having the same problems and removed the inspection grommet on the tranny to check for fluid and it doesn't seem like my slave cylinder is leaking... any thoughts? I've bled the system many many times but could there still just be air in the lines?
 
i cheacked my fluid level and it was full, i cant find any leaks, and it only seams to be a problem when cold.
 
sounds like we have the same problem
 
I would love to know if either of you figured out the problem... because I have the same problem!
 
I have the same problem too! I replaced my clutch already, and did the bleed technique on the perfection clutch video twice... I was hard to shift before even when the clutch was DEFINATELY releasing. But its even harder now.... I even took the tranny back off and replaced the slave cylinder and the flywheel. The master cylinder is new also. BTW This is a 94 explorer, 4WD, 5-speed.
Um... I did break a rubber washer/spacer under the shifter ball....And I couldn't find another one..
 
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I have the same problem too! I replaced my clutch already, and did the bleed technique on the perfection clutch video twice... I was hard to shift before even when the clutch was DEFINATELY releasing. But its even harder now.... I even took the tranny back off and replaced the slave cylinder and the flywheel. The master cylinder is new also. BTW This is a 94 explorer, 4WD, 5-speed.
Um... I did break a rubber washer/spacer under the shifter ball....And I couldn't find another one..

For the hard shifting, look up under your dash and see if the clutch pedal mount is wearing out.

For the rubber or plastic piece under the shifter ball, buy this $15.00 Shifter Repair Kit kit and install it.
http://allstategear.com/
 

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