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Old 10-19-2014, 01:15 PM
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hello. I have a question that I hope someone can help me with,
I have a 1978 ford f150 460 bb automatic trans, problem im having is truck shifts well then when going into drive you have to find a sweet spot to get it there, sometimes can be tricky, anyone know what this could be??
thanks for any help.
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hows the fluid look feel and smell?
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fluid level is right, looks and smells clean, it will go into drive just have to find a certain spot. almost like its in between 2nd and drive
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Not real sure about that year. But my 82 had the same problem and i had to adust the linkage. On the side of the tranny. Pretty much just took slop out of it. Then it would go in drive. Almost like normal.
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