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17-08-2005, 07:28 PM
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I have an EF 94 4.0 auto with 190k on the clock.
Just lately the auto has been behaving a bit strange. Sometimes (only sometimes) it doesn't seem to matter what gear I lock it in (eg 2nd) it just keeps running up the gears like its in Drive. At first I thought no problem 'it's just a linkage problem' cause it was going into 4th when I had it locked in 3rd. But today I dropped back to second (at about 55kmh) and it goes no where (stays in 3rd) and continues on rolling along. I thought thats strange so I come to a roundabout and at a full stop I put it in 1st to see if would hold it. It didn't, it ran all the way back up to 4th as I accelarated while still in the "1" position.So when I stopped at a stop sign I ran it all the way up the rail to the Park position and then back into 1st and only then did the transmission start acting as it is supposed to. Now apart from the auto doing this, it is fine. It still changes gears smoothly and downshifts when it gets a boot full. I'm thinking it might have something to do with electrics of the system. I know that they will not change down if you going "too fast" but this is not the problem. I did disconnect the battery about a week ago and I know they take time to learn where they are again, but nothing like this. I followed the workshop manual on how to make the auto learn its settings after changing the battery like I have done previously. Any ideas on the what the problem might be will be appreciated. |
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17-08-2005, 07:30 PM
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Sounds like the Inhibitor switch
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17-08-2005, 07:42 PM
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Are they costly/easy to change out ?
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17-08-2005, 07:44 PM
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We didn't do it ourselves - our mechanic did it so I don't know if it's an easy change but IIRC it was $120 supplied and fitted.
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17-08-2005, 07:46 PM
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Oops, I slipped....
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That's a good price, I paid $90 for the switch itself. It's not hard to change, 3 small bolts and 2 electrical plugs on the passenger side of the trans.
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1995 EF Fairmont 5.0 Heritage Green - BTR with TCI 2500 stall - Ported E7's - Pacemaker Tri-Y's - 3" Mandrel-bent Lukey Exhaust 1984 XE S-Pack 250 Sno White - LPG - Single Rail - 2.5" Exhaust "Just because you don't understand something, does not make it wrong" |
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17-08-2005, 07:47 PM
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So it is external then?
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17-08-2005, 08:26 PM
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It s BUGGERD the ks
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17-08-2005, 08:32 PM
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Like I said Clarke it seems fine apart from the the not holding allocated gear problem. It's had 4 services in them 190k's.
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17-08-2005, 08:35 PM
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4 OOOoooooooo
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17-08-2005, 08:37 PM
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One service too 40k ye ye NO
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17-08-2005, 08:38 PM
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4 services on the automatic that is.
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17-08-2005, 08:40 PM
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So maybe it did a couple of thousand too much in between services. It's still not what I'd call badly neglected.
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17-08-2005, 08:40 PM
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The switch is $110 for a v8 1
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17-08-2005, 08:41 PM
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Thanks
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17-08-2005, 08:50 PM
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Oops, I slipped....
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Yes the switch is external. 6cyl and V8 switches are the same IIRC. I would say it's the switch, not the trans bieng stuffed. I've seen BTR's last for 400,000km, they don't ALL die at 200k.
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17-08-2005, 09:00 PM
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17-08-2005, 09:03 PM
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Oops, I slipped....
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haha, I didn't say they all live for 400k either.........
Put a bit of money away, just in case ;)
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17-08-2005, 09:15 PM
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17-08-2005, 09:18 PM
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I'm afraid if I had to change the auto it would be bye-bye EF.
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17-08-2005, 09:37 PM
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Mine's running fine on 315,000km with no hiccups
 Expect plenty more life from ya auto ;)
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17-08-2005, 09:42 PM
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Street Sleeper If it's running through gears irratically, kicking back and jumping into neutral etc and so on then it's gotta be the switch playing up.
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17-08-2005, 09:45 PM
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17-08-2005, 09:50 PM
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Do V8's run the same BTR 4 speed ?
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17-08-2005, 10:02 PM
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yes different bell housing
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18-08-2005, 12:06 AM
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sorry to say but my 4 speeder is kinder playin up on me too sometimes it doesnt reverse at all and when u put it onto N the car drives forward? i've checked fluid and stuff seem ok what could be the prob??
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18-08-2005, 12:34 PM
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18-08-2005, 02:06 PM
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I think I paid about $120 to have the inhibitor switch on mine replaced. Apparently it's a common problem on the V8s. When mine went it made the car do all sorts of weird stuff like dropping back to 2nd whilst cruising at 100km/h for no apparent reason
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18-08-2005, 03:07 PM
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