Transmission stopped working while driving

Tiny
LISA LANGLEY
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  • 1992 FORD F-150
  • 5.0L
  • V8
  • 4WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 200,000 MILES
I was driving down road and transmission just stopped working. I pull off road let cool down then added fluid started truck and truck would not budge. It's like the shifter doesn't engage. I even tried in 4wd still nothing.
transmission has been leaking for a while only had problems when fluid was low. Then I was manually shifting for a few trips total miles of manually shifting was about 25 miles. Then now this.
I will send pic of where the trans fluid is leaking.
Sunday, September 20th, 2020 AT 7:19 PM

1 Reply

Tiny
ASEMASTER6371
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Good morning,

Most likely the transmission is overheating from low fluid. When this happens, it damages the clutches and seals internally.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/automatic-transmission-problems

From your description, this sounds like an internal failure such as the front pump or the torque converter.

It will have to be either rebuilt or replaced with another unit.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/transmission-replacement-removal-manual

Here is a YouTube video of the removal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoAVoasYuC4

Roy
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2021 AT 10:07 AM

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