vandor
Junior Member
Hi,
Newbie here, I'm trying to help out an old lady by selling her late husband's 2001 Ram 1500 4x4 (107k miles). It has sat for ~18 months after he passed away. At first the truck would not shift form 2nd to 3rd unless it was put into Neutral for a few seconds, but after some driving usually it won't shift out of first either unless it's shifted to Neutral. Sometimes it will shift at high rpm, but usually not. Her brother replaced the governor pressure sensor and solenoid (and of course the fluid and filter), but it has not gotten any better. I read up on forums, but I did not find any obvious answers to what it could be.
My plan is to replace the valve body and adjust the bands, and hope for the best. Am I on the right track?
BTW, I removed the valve body last weekend, and the accumulator piston only had the larger spring, not the skinny one. I looked all around to see if it fell somewhere, but I can't find it, so I'm assuming there was not one there? Is that even possible?
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Vandor
Newbie here, I'm trying to help out an old lady by selling her late husband's 2001 Ram 1500 4x4 (107k miles). It has sat for ~18 months after he passed away. At first the truck would not shift form 2nd to 3rd unless it was put into Neutral for a few seconds, but after some driving usually it won't shift out of first either unless it's shifted to Neutral. Sometimes it will shift at high rpm, but usually not. Her brother replaced the governor pressure sensor and solenoid (and of course the fluid and filter), but it has not gotten any better. I read up on forums, but I did not find any obvious answers to what it could be.
My plan is to replace the valve body and adjust the bands, and hope for the best. Am I on the right track?
BTW, I removed the valve body last weekend, and the accumulator piston only had the larger spring, not the skinny one. I looked all around to see if it fell somewhere, but I can't find it, so I'm assuming there was not one there? Is that even possible?
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Vandor