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1999 Ford Contour 2.5 v-6 Trans has good forward gears but no reverse , it had Ben working fine then parked it for a week then tried to drive and had no reverse .Heard no noise just had no reverse
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You say transmission fluid levels are good. Is it a nice red or pink color or is it an orange, brown to black color. Does the vehicle actually shift into gear, the linkage from the gear shift from park to drive or reverse maybe be unhooked you can check that out also. Does the trans fluid smell burnt, should be kind of a sweet smell. Good Luck
Are you sure you have all 4 forward gears? Most of the time a no reverse condition also means 1st and 3rd only.No 2nd or 4th.If you dont have all the forward gears as i suspect , the reaction shell is stripped or broken.If you do have all the forward gears then these are the two most common reasons you do not have reverse.1 reverse input clutches are damaged or burnt 2 forward cltches have slipped to the point they are welded together causing a mechanical bind in reverse and also causing the transmission to pull forward in neutral.Let me know if i can help.Good Luck.
DIsconnext and reconnect the linkage at the transmission. You may want top replace the linkage cable all together. Make sure you set the parking break and block the tires
Change fluid and trans filter check magnet in trans pan for metal clean pan with a rag refill with senthic fluid leave a court low let it idle till hot then add a bottle of trans x or lucas leave idlen work the trans from 1st to park letting the trans take gear an let it stay in gear for a little bit then back to park that help move the fluid threw the trans drive easy for a week ir you Lucas pore half qurt of trans fluid in use the rest of fluid to thin down Lucas its really thick repeat till the bottle of lacus is in I hope this helps
If it acts like neutral in reverse, the low/rev band is likely broken. I've seen it before. If everything is good forward. Pulling trans is the only way to fix it
the linkage is just a slight bit off, it parks between gears when you shift into the slots. Disassemble the shifter from the center console, and slowly move just the cable its self between the positions and see if you have forword gears. When you find and sync the gears, then tighten the cable to the shifter so the positions match the notches in the shifter.
If the vehcile is V6,then the trans model is the A540E,and if it is the 4 cylinder engine,the trans model is an A140E.Both are 4 speed overdrive transmissions,and sorry to report that on just abot every automatic trans on the road,reverse gear failure is almost always a mechanical problem inside the transmission because there are no shift solenoids involved with reverse as with forward gears.And you did say the forward gears were fine.Good luck.
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