You can go to Motorcraft Service (Google it) and pay for 24hrs access to the official Ford workshop manuals. In that 24hrs you can download as much of them as you like. Just do that.
Reman Transmission
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Thanks. Got signed up w/Ford. That's great as my wife has a Cmax Hybrid.
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Top off the printer ink/toner and get some nice heavyweight paper.
Maybe burn it to DVD.
The suggestions above are good ones. If a gear is not fully engaging it can be any number of things. But also the shift fork. Some have plastic bushings and when they fall off, this is exactly what happens. Some just wear out due to quality issues.
Cable ends at transmission check out. Motor and transmission mounts good. I don't see how they would affect the cable as the cable housing are are secured to the transmission close to where the ends are. Maybe if the mounts were totally shot that might cause the cable to bind in the housing but then you would feel that through the shifter.
I'm thinking synchro. The gears are always in mesh. The synchro/dog clutch does synchronize input to selected gear but also is what "engages" the selected engaged gears. I had a car that would not stay in one gear. Synchro/dog clutch was bad. Replaced it and solved the problem.
This transmission has a 2 piece first and second synchro/dog clutch device. I suspect that's the culprit. Can't think why they would do it that way. The others are normal 1 piece.
BTW, If I stop then move the shifter first to second several times it does not pop out of first.
I'm thinking synchro. The gears are always in mesh. The synchro/dog clutch does synchronize input to selected gear but also is what "engages" the selected engaged gears. I had a car that would not stay in one gear. Synchro/dog clutch was bad. Replaced it and solved the problem.
This transmission has a 2 piece first and second synchro/dog clutch device. I suspect that's the culprit. Can't think why they would do it that way. The others are normal 1 piece.
BTW, If I stop then move the shifter first to second several times it does not pop out of first.
Wanted to check using VIN before going to dealer parts dept.
Searched using online tools which only report Manual of Automatic, if that much:
https://vincheck.info/transmission-lookup-vin - no trans info
https://transend.us/content/complete-transmission-lookup/ - no info by VIN
https://www.bumper.com/car-advice/-what-transmission-do-i-have/ - No trans info
https://autoowa.com/how-to-identify-transmission-by-vin-number/ - Nothing
Anyway to research by VIN
VIN - 3FADP4EJ5DM225349
Plastic bushing fork bushing inside the transmission or a bushing in the shifter assy in the passenger compartment?
HVBoM in ford PTS says your vehicle has a 4.07 final drive ratio, CA6Z7002C is the correct transmission for your car
Thanks. That sounds about right. I will go tomorrow and see what I can drum up at the dealer. Don't have a garage right now so R&R the unit under a shade tree is a bit much. Probably cost more to have it done than trade in value, but you can't buy anything good for that much money. Had the car for 11 years now since brand new. There's a decent shop here that I will check out.
Any idea what markup on parts is for a shop? Back when I worked on cars a lot of stuff was about 100% on small items and around 30% on big ticket things.
Any idea what markup on parts is for a shop? Back when I worked on cars a lot of stuff was about 100% on small items and around 30% on big ticket things.
