Well...not really.
I need help and advice.
First off, hello all CO and SW CEG'ers its been a long time and I hope everyone is doing well.
Here's the dilema, Monday morning I'm driving on the highway at about 80-90 and I realize my car tranny isn't upshifting to OD like it should be at that speed. So, I look down to find that my speedo isn't working, the tach/fuel/temp appear to be fine. Then when I got off the highway at my exit I stopped and everything downshifted fine. When I went to pull away from the stoplight the car didn't want to shift into second and when it did it was very rough...and when I say rough I mean violent enough to cause my muffler to shake and 'thud' against the underside of my car.
At this point I've tried nothing to fix it but I'm about to put in my other speedo from the tach equipped guage cluster I bougth some time ago. This speedo is the original speedo that came in the car only it is installed in a different cluster. Could the different cluster actually have killed my speedo? How much does a replacment speedo cost from Ford? I'm going to try and swap in the other speedo and see what happens.
I wouldn't be too concerned with this if I just couldn't drive on the highway, thats not to big of a deal. But, considering the violent way in which the tranny is shifting and its inherently flawed/weak design, I'm extremely reluctant to drive to car at all.
Take care all, as always ANY help is appreciated!!!
Regards,
Brad
