I need a bit of advice from any of you automatic transmission mechanics out there.

Dunno what kinda' tranny I have in my '00 Harley F150 but..while I was driving it today..it felt as though it was slipping..I came to a halt, and the rpms began to fluctuate. On my column shifter, the overdrive off light was flashing and when I went to accelerate, it's like a clutch wouldn't bite or something. When it finally did (at about 3K rpm) it accelerated to around 40 or 50 smoothly..

I came to another stop, went to accelerate..it wouldn't bite till 4500 rpm ..and then when it finally DID it wouldn't come out of first gear at all..and there was a hellacious grinding sound. I pulled off of the road, went into neutral, rpm's smoothed out, yet, I could tap the gas and it'd drive forward in neutral.

I'm just wondering if any of you guys have ever run into this issue. The car was towed to my house by AAA so I'm gonna' see if I can't get them to haul it to a shop somewhere. Anything you guys think I should be looking out for when the diagnosis comes?

 

Not sure but it sounds expensive. Good luck.

 

Yay.

 

I am not so shure it needs any diagnosing it sounds like it just needs to be takin apart and rebuilt.

 

That's a depressing thought.

Who'd have thought something that's lead a great life with less than 90K on the clock would need a tranny rebuild.

 

A 4R70W should be what tranny the truck has. I think ford just put a tougher gear set in them for the 5.4L engines. You should have no problem finding a shop that can work on it as they are extremely common in the ford world.

Hell its the tranny the mustang guys are beefing up for the street/strip drag cars. Even guys with 05+ stangs are replacing the 5r55s tranny with them because they are stronger and simpler to work on.

 

I wasn't aware they put the 4R70W in..

Hell for that matter if it needs a build it's liable to get a shiftkit

 

i know a guy that has been doing transmissions all of his life ..863 6652650 .. ask for myron .. hes a good guy and does shit rite

 

We can do it but I am not gonna lie after your all said and done your probablyt lookin at 800 to 1000 for repairs. That's everything though parts and labor.

 

That's not that bad then. I gotta' price around though, for sure.

Hell, I gotta' make sure what the problem is before I jump the gun