just found a 92 plow truck....

[edgeman]

and the transmision wont go into reverse and the starter is fried. the starter does not bother me but the tranney does. how much could a guy get a used transmision for this truck for. it also has a 9' boss v plow. they want 1800 for the truck.

 

[dpuckett]

auto or manual? I can rebuild the manual, cant help you on the auto.



Daniel

 

[edgeman]

its an auto

 

[Tippin Spotted Cow]

There is a standard procedure for dealing with faulty automatics once and for all. I'm not 100% clear on how it goes, but I know it involves dynamite, 50 feet of safety fuse, and a little bit of digging in the desert.

 

[Ctdchris]

There is a standard procedure for dealing with faulty automatics once and for all. I'm not 100% clear on how it goes, but I know it involves dynamite, 50 feet of safety fuse, and a little bit of digging in the desert.

Down in Texas we call it the gallon of gas and match repair. The end result is the same i suppose :-laf

Chris

 

[Tippin Spotted Cow]

I suppose that's a little harsh... I'm sure you could clean it up a little, drain it, and make a coffee table out of it or something.

 

[JLEONARD]

Try calling a couple of the local transmission shops... . that will at least get you in the ballpark so you can make a decision.

It also might be linkage? Plow trucks get shifted a lot. My son used to buy auction trucks... they always checked linkage slop first on any 4x4 to test if it had been plowed.



I don't think it would make a good coffee table Birdbath perhaps.

 

[Tippin Spotted Cow]

Alright, I suppose once in a while I need to earn my keep and at least try to help instead of being sarcastic.



If you haven't guessed, my truck has a (problematic) auto transmission in it. It has been removed multiple times, always put back with different little... . quirks.



See, one of my issues was, as JLeonard pointed out, the linkage. It wasn't aligned right when the transmission was put back in and I couldn't get the truck into reverse. Basically, all the way up on the steering column shifter, it would hit the stop before making it to park. From there, it was almost impossible to hit reverse, because it wouldn't fall into the slot in the right place, thus not letting me into reverse. Which brings me to my next point. Have you actually seen/tested the starter, or are they just telling you it's fried. What happens is this: the linkage not adjusted properly, causing your no reverse problem, but also you can't get it into park... . well... to an extent. This is where it trips people up. Itll go far enough to actually put the transmission in park, and lock it from rolling, but not far enough to actuate the switch that tells the truck that the transmission is in park. Obviously you can't start it in gear, so you turn the key and nothing happens. Lights come on like they should, glow plugs fire... . everything happens as it should leaving just the starter to do its job, and it won't. The truck won't let it. To anyone else, you have no reverse and a burned out starter.



Try this, put it in park, and smack the shifter upward with your palm. Give it a little gusto, it can take it. Nice and hard. Now turn the key. Watch the amazment in the eyes of the seller as his "burned out starter" fires that bad boy right up. If that doesn't work, a truck will start in neutral. Sounds too simple to work, right? It is. The same problem you had with the truck not knowing its in park will apply to the truck not knowing its in neutral. Neutral is a little easier though, because sometimes no matter how hard you smack it, you can't quite reach park, but unless its really out of wack, you can find neutral. This is probably what you'll have to do. Turn the key as shifting from reverse to drive. You may have to go back and forth a few times. HOLD THE BRAKE!!! I know it sounds like itd be awful to do, but doing it once to test a theory wont hurt anything thats not already broken. And since you'll be holding the brake, the transmission shouldn't budge either way, so you really shouldn't grind any gears or anything.



I had to start my truck in one of these two ways for about a year until I blew that transmission and had a new one put in. I'm not gaurenteeing this will work, but it sounds like the symptoms. Let me know.

 

[rumblefish]

Obviously you can't start it in gear, so you turn the key and nothing happens. Lights come on like they should, glow plugs fire... .

i dunno what you're driving, but it aint a dodge.

 

[PToombs]

Jeff, don't mind Matt. His screen name says it all! :-laf

 

[Tippin Spotted Cow]

I apologize... . GRID HEATERS fire..... "glow plugs" just roll off the tongue a little easier..... err... fingertips.



Everyone knows what you mean when you say glow plugs and I get sick of explaining what a grid heater is, so Ive just gotten used to calling them glow plugs for most people.

 

[edgeman]

the guy said the starter is fried. so i am going off his word. actually the starter is out of the truck so. im not sure what to do but i think that i am not going to buy it. i am getting the plow off my dads truck so if anyone is looking for a plow truck i know where there is one for sale.

 

[JLight]

you said it was a 9'2 boss v? I got one on my 93 and wouldn't trade it for the world! Had a fisher straight blade for 9 yrs and bought the v used in 2000 and never looked back! Awesome plow and awesome truck! Plowing with a cummins is a shear pleasure! Oh Also i have a extra frame mount and wirirng harness off my 1983 dodge for the boss V

 

[JLight]

1800 the plow is worth that new $5400