transmission stopped working while driving

1992 FORD F-150
200,000 MILES • 5.0L • V8 • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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LISA LANGLEY
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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.
Sep 20, 2020 at 12:19 PM
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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
Mar 24, 2021 at 3:07 AM
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