1997 ford F-150 Standard with the 4.2L v6 and 4x4 automatic with the 2 or 4wd stick on the floor. 150K miles.
I had a bad transmission and bought a new used 4x4 auto and replaced it, all finished and started the truck, fixed !! Not quite, service engine light on and when I drove it around the block it hit hard going into 2nd gear other than that it ran and shifted OK only if I pampered it and helped it shift with the gas pedal. Took it to Advanced for a code scan and the guy (Meter) said "speed sensor malfunctioning !!". Went home ramped it and took the speed sensor out and brought it to the store and got a new one and put it in and reconnected the batt cable started it and Viola!! No light, drove it around fine and parked it. Couple hours and a shower later jumped in to run up to the store(Beer), Light was on and doing the same thing.
Here is the question, the old transmission has a diff. looking sensor (no gear on the end, just a snub end w/a little silver spot in the middle of the tip)
Is that the sensor I need to put in the new trans. to work with THIS transmission ? Also, the NEW sensor was not an exact match either because it had a female end next to the plug end w/an orange ring around it
and the one I replaced looked almost exact accept it had like a white cap or cover in the female end next to the plug
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The white one here is the one that I took out and brought to the store to replace. Did I get the wrong one and it shorted out or should I put in the one from the replaced transmission ? Please help as I am very excited that this is the last step I am sure.... Also the speedometer works fine but the Odometr turns slow, It did that before th other tranny went bad though and I am pretty sure that that is is in the odometer itself.
Wednesday, March 24th, 2021 AT 12:41 PM
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