I have a '93 ford explorer auto trans, 115,00 miles. In the morning (its cold now) when I start I have to drive for about 1 mile before the gears will start to shift. Until then it stays in first gear. After it warms up the gears shift normally. I think I may have to do a transmission overhaul as it has the origianl trans. Any advice from those who have had similar problems would be greatly appreciated.
transmission question on cold start
Nov 22, 2005
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Most likely it's not shifting because the seals are leaking too much when it's cold and the clutch packs aren't applying as a result. If it were mine I'd put a can of transmission conditioner in it, the kind that softens and swells the internal seals. It may help and it's only a couple bucks instead of a couple thousand bucks to rebuild it. I've put it in half a dozen transmissions over the years and it's never hurt them and often helped them.
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