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Four forward gears, 2 park, no reverse with auto trans!

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4.1K views 5 replies 4 participants last post by  V8 man  
#1 ·
This happened suddenly - my low-tech son called said the truck was acting ‘funny’. I went into dad rescue mode and swapped vehicles & I drove the truck home. It seemed to be shifting early and driving boggy at low RPMs.

When I started checking the next day, fluid is fine and full. But won’t shift into reverse. The column shifts but it’s not going into gear. P and R are both Park, every other is Drive! Underneath the cable is snug on the trans and is moving the lever w/ no obvious kink or clunk. What do you think? What is internal to that lever & can it be replaced?
2001 4cylinder, automatic, 200k miles.
 
#3 ·
Cable may be broken, just not all the way. My 05 polaris ranger only had low, neutral and occasionally reverse. Cable was broken about 70% across. New cable and bam, it shifts perfectly.
 
#5 ·
What's the condition of the fluid? Download and start reading the AT.PDF of the FSM.

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