Bought an '01 ZN Cougar from tow yard with blown motor, swapped engine, snagged harness on alternator stud and AIR pipe on exhaust. Also may have pinched it prying off starter...
My first symptom was no reverse, but I have since found that I am in drive in all ranges, engine is loading up in park, sits still in reverse, cannot push it either, goes forward in neutral, and rest of gears seemed normal, although there was snow on the road and I only went around block and took her up to 40, but engine seemed to shift 1-2-3. I also noticed that if I slowly move from reverse to park, it will lunge forward, as if the parking pawl is only thing keeping her in place while in park, motor is under load too in Park.
Fluid was nasty, drained and filled with synthetic fluid, friend had my scan tool at the time, so tried a range selector first, saw someone had drawn a white line that did not line up with either neutral or drive marks, same issue.
Next day scan tool was returned and received these codes: P0715 Turbine/Input shaft circuit, P0717 TSS no signal, P0460 Fuel sensor [gauge stays on E], P0505 Idle air control [thought since under load in Park this code may have set], and a code P1000 stating tests did not complete.
Installed new TSS and same symptoms... ground at trany and at frame were both corroded, cleaned and greased them both, plug in going to solenoid pack was full of antifreeze, blew it out and check for corrosion, nothing there... have Vol1 and 2 of the Ford manuals, Vol3 [electrical] is in the mail.
I am hoping this is something electrical , either harness or solenoid so could be fixed in car. Been reading across web for a week now, saw some comments on dealership being required to flash or code to correct shifting concerns. Hoping someone was familiar with this condition and could offer some suggestions as what to try next as the Ford manual and other people's posts did not have same exact problem description...
When electrical manual arrives was going to pull harness and test to make sure the minor tugging on harness, it was unhooked on each end, did not over stress any wires. I was working very slow since they are a tight fit in from the top and unheated garage in winter kept me moving slow too...
Will go and buy a pressure gauge with decent amount of hose so can read while test driving or shifting if required, tired of trucks and mini-vans for work and can't drive the bike in winter, would love to get this figured out... If I have to I will go MTX but prefer not to shift if I don't have to.. thanks for all who are able to share their thoughts... I will return when able...
My first symptom was no reverse, but I have since found that I am in drive in all ranges, engine is loading up in park, sits still in reverse, cannot push it either, goes forward in neutral, and rest of gears seemed normal, although there was snow on the road and I only went around block and took her up to 40, but engine seemed to shift 1-2-3. I also noticed that if I slowly move from reverse to park, it will lunge forward, as if the parking pawl is only thing keeping her in place while in park, motor is under load too in Park.
Fluid was nasty, drained and filled with synthetic fluid, friend had my scan tool at the time, so tried a range selector first, saw someone had drawn a white line that did not line up with either neutral or drive marks, same issue.
Next day scan tool was returned and received these codes: P0715 Turbine/Input shaft circuit, P0717 TSS no signal, P0460 Fuel sensor [gauge stays on E], P0505 Idle air control [thought since under load in Park this code may have set], and a code P1000 stating tests did not complete.
Installed new TSS and same symptoms... ground at trany and at frame were both corroded, cleaned and greased them both, plug in going to solenoid pack was full of antifreeze, blew it out and check for corrosion, nothing there... have Vol1 and 2 of the Ford manuals, Vol3 [electrical] is in the mail.
I am hoping this is something electrical , either harness or solenoid so could be fixed in car. Been reading across web for a week now, saw some comments on dealership being required to flash or code to correct shifting concerns. Hoping someone was familiar with this condition and could offer some suggestions as what to try next as the Ford manual and other people's posts did not have same exact problem description...
When electrical manual arrives was going to pull harness and test to make sure the minor tugging on harness, it was unhooked on each end, did not over stress any wires. I was working very slow since they are a tight fit in from the top and unheated garage in winter kept me moving slow too...
Will go and buy a pressure gauge with decent amount of hose so can read while test driving or shifting if required, tired of trucks and mini-vans for work and can't drive the bike in winter, would love to get this figured out... If I have to I will go MTX but prefer not to shift if I don't have to.. thanks for all who are able to share their thoughts... I will return when able...