Transmission failed on short trip yesterday. I was going up a hill in cruse control and transmission released and engine revved up and CEL came on. Coasted to a stop on the other side of hill and it would not move in any gear, like it is stuck in neutral. Linkage is in tact, but not going into gear?Any ideas on what may be wrong?

Yeah, transmission needs rebuilt. That is what happened to mine. 5 grand to remove,rebuild and re install. Lifetime warranty as long as we own it. We was 8 miles from campground on a 4th of July weekend.

mcal63775 wrote:Yeah, transmission needs rebuilt. That is what happened to mine. 5 grand to remove,rebuild and re install. Lifetime warranty as long as we own it. We was 8 miles from campground on a 4th of July weekend.How come nothing ever happens while you are home? 5 grand wasn't too bad of a price.OP...keep us updated on what you find. Doesn't sound good.

$5000 sounds high to me. Rebuilts are $2K on Ebay and the guys on the Ford forums are talking about the same- $2-3k.It also depends if you do a remanny or new torque converter.I would do some checking around.You keeping it a long time or thinking of selling?

Multiple reasons for what happened. Stuck solenoid valve, failed oil pump, something let go in the torque convertor or maybe you're just low on oil. The difficult decision is to you pay out potentially several thousand or start over with a new to you coach.If everything else is in good working order with the house side of the coach I would consider full replacement but first I would have the engine checked out. Oil analysis, cylinder compressor and leak down testing just to ensure that you won't be bolting a new transmission to a engine that might be in need of a rebuild.

We had a Ford remanned tranny installed in our previous '95 F53 chassis at a truck garage in London, KY for $3K including labor. It took three days to get it shipped in, and one day to remove the old tranny and install the new one. The new tranny came with a 3 year/100,000 warranty from Ford. We broke down on Sunday and we're back on the road the following Friday. We continued to live in the motorhome the entire time, leaving it only for the time it was actually worked on.

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Dale_Traveling
Explorer II
Feb 12, 2017
Glad to hear it worked out and the trading dealer gave you a reasonable cost offset with the problem coach.
CoCoKasper
Explorer
Jul 31, 2019
Can anyone point me in the direction of a service manual for this motorhome?
1994 FORD F530F SUPER DUTY (F53)
I'm trying to repair a motorhome for a homeless gentleman, his tags are up.
It's having shifting issues. so I'm trying to track down the wiring diagrams troubleshooting guides and vacuum routing.
I will pay for a the manual and PayPal someone a little extra if they can point me to where one is at.
If anyone has a hard copy, that I can convince to scan a couple pages I'll buy you a beer or 2.
I just don't want to see this gentleman loose his home.
He's a decent mechanic so if I could leave him with a repair manual when I'm done that would be great.
RLS7201
Explorer II
Aug 01, 2019
CoCoKasper wrote:
Can anyone point me in the direction of a service manual for this motorhome?
1994 FORD F530F SUPER DUTY (F53)
I'm trying to repair a motorhome for a homeless gentleman, his tags are up.
It's having shifting issues. so I'm trying to track down the wiring diagrams troubleshooting guides and vacuum routing.
I will pay for a the manual and PayPal someone a little extra if they can point me to where one is at.
If anyone has a hard copy, that I can convince to scan a couple pages I'll buy you a beer or 2.
I just don't want to see this gentleman loose his home.
He's a decent mechanic so if I could leave him with a repair manual when I'm done that would be great.

Here ya go pick one

Richard
John_Joey
Explorer
Aug 02, 2019
You did good swapping it out. That rig is 25 years old. Brake lines, rubber roofs, fridge coils, wood underlayment, etc.. are all wearing out. The point is, do you want to enjoy it traveling, or enjoy it as a never ending fixer upper hobby?

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