Transmission Help!!!!

[architect-builder]

Ok, this is weird. I had (1) accident call and then (1) fire call last night. I followed our panel truck to the fire call, so I was not going very hard. While at the fire call, my truck was idleing for a while. When I got back into it to go home, the "check gage" light was on and my trans guage was buried, (the stock one), also my tow haul light was flashing. My issopro trans temp gage read the normal temp. On the way home, it was shifting kind of funny. I shut it off and re-started it, and it immediately went to the same condition. I checked the fluid, and it is full and normal color.

This morning, it was normal until I just got into town, and it did it again. Issopro still shows normal temps. Could this be a sensor problem, or something deeper????



Any Ideas???? Help!!!!

Barrett

 

[95_stroker]

Zactly how close to the fire didja park Barrett????

 

[architect-builder]

He-He, not that close!

Barrett

 

[Mike K]

I had the exact same problem late last week. I did some research on here and it looks like most of the time it is just the sensor (inside the trans pan)... i took mine to the dealer anyway and they found it to be a bad wiring harness. With a new wiring harness, new sensor (for good measure), cost of fluid, labor, etc came to $850ish.

 

[Kleetus]

Wasn't there just a post on this a week ago about a bad trans temp sensor?

 

[F350DRW1]

Wasn't there just a post on this a week ago about a bad trans temp sensor?

Yep. And thats whats wrong with his truck. Of course Ford has it buried in the trans., I mean why would you put it were its accessable.

 

[Ironmerganser]

Yep...this happened to mine right before I bought it. I had the guy that I bought it from take it to the tranny shop to have them replace it. Then it was all better......

 

[architect-builder]

Thanks for the reply's guys. The earliest they can get me in is next Wed. So I guess I'm limping until then. Hope calls are quiet at night as I cannot not respond.

I'm hoping/assuming that it is the sensor. This morning it was fine until about 1 mile from town, then it jumped up and bingo. My Issopro still showed only about 130 deg.

Thanks again, and I'll keep you posted.

Barrett

 

[architect-builder]

Well, that was the culprit, (apparently).

Of course it is not covered with Ford's warranty, however, it is covered by the extended warranty that I bought (glad I did, has been used quite a few times).

I'll post the exact cost after I pick it up tonight, FWIW.

I'm glad it was not something more serious. I knew I did not go that fast to that fire last week.

Barrett

 

[big_rooster]

Yeah ford did a dumb design of the whole system. And apparently it is only affecting the 03's and all the 03's at the same time must be a solar flare with how hot its been lately.