late shifts A4LD

[dude772]

When I get in and drive the truck after its been sitting and cooled down, for the first 5 -10 minutes of driving i get a really late shift. Like I will get up to about 4000 rpm on light to medium throttle. Nothing that would make it rev that high before it shifts.

This transmission was taken apart in late june early july. Origonally it was in my 90 2wd Ranger. I bought the 91 Explorer 4x4 knowing that it needed a transmission, so i tore both apart and only swapped the output shaft and the tail housing. everything else went back in the exact same way it came out because it was working 100% before i took it apart.


Theres also another problem, but this one worrys me more and i think is the cause of the late shifting. I use the explorer once in a while to pull cars out of the field at my buddys place. These are scrap cars that barely move. So it takes alot of beating to get these suckers out.

The first time we used the explorer to do this we had been doing it for a few hours and when we started hammering it. And by hammering it, hook up a chain to the car being pulles and the hitch and take a run at it, several times if nesseccary. Well when we did that i smelled some transmission fluid, i looked under and it was pouring out from where the trans and engine bolt up. I got pissed and parked it for a month thinkin it was the main seal, well i took it for a ride after a month and it didn't leak.

We did that again on monday afternoon, it pissed out again, but this time it was a nasty colour of brown so i parked it for several hours and now ive got this shifting problem.
Is it just crap in the valve body? And what would make it leak only when i hammer it?

 

[2manyfords]

The late shifting you discribe sounds like a sticky governor and the fact that the tranny fluid is leaking at the front seal and is burnt in color leads me to believe the tranny is toast.

 

[Bent Bolt]

You cooked it. Needs a overhaul.

 

[bottledgt]

do you really need an answer to this?

 

[mhughes165]

stick a fork in her, shes done, time for a 5spd swap

 

[dude772]

stick a fork in her, shes done, time for a 5spd swap

DAMN! i was afraid of that. But it only leaks when i beat the bark off of it thats the part that confuses me. Once its had a few hours to cool off it doesn't leak a drop

 

[mhughes165]

burnt fluid = bad transmission

 

[dude772]

burnt fluid = bad transmission

Im understanding that, but does anyone know what could cause it to only leak when i beat the bark off of it?

 

[mhughes165]

its overheating, when the fluid gets hotter it gets thinner and its pissing out the front pump seal


and either way, its a A4LD, u should be happy it lasted as long as it did

 

[bottledgt]

i do have a rebuilt one thats for sale(4wd)

 

[dude772]

its overheating, when the fluid gets hotter it gets thinner and its pissing out the front pump seal


and either way, its a A4LD, u should be happy it lasted as long as it did

you mean that it lasted 315 000km? or that it lasted 8 months after i tore it apart and put it back together to swap the output shaft? haha

 

[dude772]

i do have a rebuilt one thats for sale(4wd)

Unless your selling it for $100 and your nearby i'm going to have to say no. IF I'm going to do anything about it, im either going to rebuild it myself and do a franken tranny type of deal. Or a manual transmission.

 

[mhughes165]

you mean that it lasted 315 000km? or that it lasted 8 months after i tore it apart and put it back together to swap the output shaft? haha

the fact that it lasted to the near 200k mile mark is what surpises me, most the time they like to crap out the first time between 100-150k miles, or i your case about 220k km, they just dont like to last long

 

[bottledgt]

not so much

 

[bottledgt]

150,000 really aint allthat bad for an auto