96 dodge dakota no reverse

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pastor3025 - 12 Dec 2006 04:12 GMT

My so pulled out of the school parking lot just fine, got home, and had
no reverse. All other gears appear to work fine. No indication of
something going wrong just all of the sudden. I know Fords and Chevys
but after reading the stories here I see there could be bigger
problems. Any suggestions prior to going to the shop.

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Stormin Mormon - 12 Dec 2006 15:12 GMT

My last three Dodge vans all lost reverse. And oddly enough lost third
gear at the same time. All needed to go to the transmission shop for a
rebuild.

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My so pulled out of the school parking lot just fine, got home, and
had
no reverse. All other gears appear to work fine. No indication of
something going wrong just all of the sudden. I know Fords and Chevys
but after reading the stories here I see there could be bigger
problems. Any suggestions prior to going to the shop.

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John Kunkel - 12 Dec 2006 21:36 GMT

> My so pulled out of the school parking lot just fine, got home, and had
> no reverse. All other gears appear to work fine. No indication of
> something going wrong just all of the sudden.

Sudden loss of Reverse with all other gears working fine is usually a
malfunction in the rear band or servo. Place the shifter in "1", accelerate
to around 20 mph and throttle back to idle; if the vehicle just freewheels
with no engine compression braking, the rear band/servo is the problem.

Depending on engine size you could have either a 42RE or 46RE transmission
and the OD unit can also cause loss of Reverse. On some units the rear servo
fault can be serviced by removing the pan.

Loss of Reverse with an accompanying loss of 3rd gear is a problem in the
front clutch.

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pastor3025 - 13 Dec 2006 03:16 GMT

Thanks for the help. We are going out to check the 2st gear now. We
were planning on pulling the pan tomorrow and changing the filter and
fluid. The truck has the 4.8 engine I don't know which transmission
yet. What should I look for in the adjustment?

> > My so pulled out of the school parking lot just fine, got home, and had
> > no reverse. All other gears appear to work fine. No indication of
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> Loss of Reverse with an accompanying loss of 3rd gear is a problem in the
> front clutch.

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pastor3025 - 13 Dec 2006 03:28 GMT

We just checked it and yes it freewheels. Is this a fix that is easily
accomplished or do I need to do a complete rebuild. I have worked on
everything except transmissions. Please advise. I appreciate your
help.

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