KingOfStevens
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- Jun 5, 2020
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- Location
- Phenix City, AL
- Ram Year
- 2006
- Engine
- 4.7 Magnum
Good afternoon,
I looked and around this seemed like the best place to post this. I can't find a dedicated HELP! thread of any kind. If there is a more appropriate place on this site let me know please.
I am a learning shade tree not up to speed on a lot of correct lingo and have no experience on transmissions, my brother is an old mechanic that doesn't know much about things new enough to have sensors on them LoL. With our powers combined with your help I am trying to solve this issue. I will do my best to give as much detail as possible.
I have a 2006 Ram 1500 4.7 (reg gas motor not the flex fuel one) 2WD w/ Automatic transmission.
I was driving, everything was working as it should. No issues w/ the truck. I went to shift out of drive to put my truck in park and it would not move.
I shifted into 2nd and it moved, so I shifted to 1st to pull into a parking spot. (It drove fine in 1st with no grinding sounds and the short ride into the parking spot was smooth)
It would not shift out of 1st. Disconnected shifter cable from trans and tried manually shifting gears, no go.
Today I pulled the tailstock off at the advice of my brother because he thought the piece that controls the shifting was in the tailstock. It is not.
I can see the back of what I'm guessing is a solenoid that wiggles when I try shift gears on the trans (this is behind the tailstock)
He thinks if we replace that part we might be in business. Would anyone be kind enough to point me in the right direction?
Failing a fix either one of us can understand I'm just going to pull a transmission out of a junk yard.
I'm going to take a break then take a few pics and upload them if that helps. (This southern heat sucks!)
I don't know how to find out which transmission I have. Is it stamped somewhere on the body of the transmission? Using the VIN number is useless, I know the motor that was in truck when I bought it wasn't the OG motor. I THINK it came out of a Durango, trans may have as well. (bought it off a used car lot that employed a shady mechanic)
If it helps I serviced the trans a little over a year ago, fluid still has a nice color to it, never slips.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
I looked and around this seemed like the best place to post this. I can't find a dedicated HELP! thread of any kind. If there is a more appropriate place on this site let me know please.
I am a learning shade tree not up to speed on a lot of correct lingo and have no experience on transmissions, my brother is an old mechanic that doesn't know much about things new enough to have sensors on them LoL. With our powers combined with your help I am trying to solve this issue. I will do my best to give as much detail as possible.
I have a 2006 Ram 1500 4.7 (reg gas motor not the flex fuel one) 2WD w/ Automatic transmission.
I was driving, everything was working as it should. No issues w/ the truck. I went to shift out of drive to put my truck in park and it would not move.
I shifted into 2nd and it moved, so I shifted to 1st to pull into a parking spot. (It drove fine in 1st with no grinding sounds and the short ride into the parking spot was smooth)
It would not shift out of 1st. Disconnected shifter cable from trans and tried manually shifting gears, no go.
Today I pulled the tailstock off at the advice of my brother because he thought the piece that controls the shifting was in the tailstock. It is not.
I can see the back of what I'm guessing is a solenoid that wiggles when I try shift gears on the trans (this is behind the tailstock)
He thinks if we replace that part we might be in business. Would anyone be kind enough to point me in the right direction?
Failing a fix either one of us can understand I'm just going to pull a transmission out of a junk yard.
I'm going to take a break then take a few pics and upload them if that helps. (This southern heat sucks!)
I don't know how to find out which transmission I have. Is it stamped somewhere on the body of the transmission? Using the VIN number is useless, I know the motor that was in truck when I bought it wasn't the OG motor. I THINK it came out of a Durango, trans may have as well. (bought it off a used car lot that employed a shady mechanic)
If it helps I serviced the trans a little over a year ago, fluid still has a nice color to it, never slips.
Thank you for your time and consideration.