Wont Shift Into Any Gears

NYYGURLFORLIFE

MEMBER
2000 FORD EXPLORER
6 CYL
4WD
AUTOMATIC
180,000 MILES

My 2000 Ford Explorer just the other day started up for me fine but when I went to shift it into Drive it did not move at all only revved up. I thought it was the transmission that went but now I'm confused because I heard when a transmission goes usually you can get at least one gear on it to work. This change came out of the blue really and I want to know why so I can bring it to the right place to get fixed. I heard it could be a converter or gearbox possibly? The cheaper the fix the better haha =]

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KASEKENNY

MECHANIC
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When you have no gears at all this is a pressure issue in most all cases. There are times that the shifter is the issue but normally you can put it in manual 1 or 2 and get some gears.

So if you have no gears then that means we need to start with the causes of pressure issues. First is low or no fluid.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-check-and-add-transmission-fluid

If the fluid is ok then we need to check the actual pressure because we have either a pump or a leak internally causing the pressure to no build.

If the pressure is ok but still no movement then that would point to a converter issue.

However, let's get the line pressure and go from there.

Please see the attached info and let me know what you find with this.

Thanks

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