First time poster,
After reviewing several transmission related issues I cannot find a similar problem and am hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
02 Expedition 5.4L Automatic 4x4.
The other day after fueling and shifting into drive, I could feel something snap and come apart. Fortunately I was already in drive and was able to drive home as normal.
I already have the dash apart. I have confirmed that the torx bolts at the end of the shifter barrel appear to be tight, I put a t-30 on them and couldn't get them tighter but there isn't much room.
I crawled under the vehicle and was able to shift the transmission back into park, and through each gear. From this point I can start the vehicle and shift through each gear back to drive and 2nd.
However the shifter becomes complete slop at this point if I try to shift back through neutral, reverse and park and will not go backward through these gears.
I crawled back under the vehicle and manually set to park ( I chocked all the wheels ) then had my wife shift from park slowly back to drive again. I could visually confirm cable movement and proper shifting at the transmission. However watching go backward to park, the cable would move substantially back toward the transmission, however the transmission would not shift back ( up? ) toward park.
My next thought is to drop the steering column and take a look toward the base of the shifting barrel to see if I can find anything broken.
Anyone have any thoughts?
Thank you for your time and help.
After reviewing several transmission related issues I cannot find a similar problem and am hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
02 Expedition 5.4L Automatic 4x4.
The other day after fueling and shifting into drive, I could feel something snap and come apart. Fortunately I was already in drive and was able to drive home as normal.
I already have the dash apart. I have confirmed that the torx bolts at the end of the shifter barrel appear to be tight, I put a t-30 on them and couldn't get them tighter but there isn't much room.
I crawled under the vehicle and was able to shift the transmission back into park, and through each gear. From this point I can start the vehicle and shift through each gear back to drive and 2nd.
However the shifter becomes complete slop at this point if I try to shift back through neutral, reverse and park and will not go backward through these gears.
I crawled back under the vehicle and manually set to park ( I chocked all the wheels ) then had my wife shift from park slowly back to drive again. I could visually confirm cable movement and proper shifting at the transmission. However watching go backward to park, the cable would move substantially back toward the transmission, however the transmission would not shift back ( up? ) toward park.
My next thought is to drop the steering column and take a look toward the base of the shifting barrel to see if I can find anything broken.
Anyone have any thoughts?
Thank you for your time and help.