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Old 05-22-2007, 10:23 PM   #1
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'98 Cummins, won't downshift to 1st

A few weeks ago I bought this '98 automatic. I love the truck, but an annoying problem keeps popping up. The truck normally shifts fine, but once in a while it will not shift into 1st gear at a stop. If I manually kick it down to 1st it will usually cooperate and upshift ok, but typically the symptom continues at least until I shut off the truck and start it again. Other times even if I put it in 1st gear it still refuses to shift lower than 2nd. Tonight coming home from work it kept starting out in 3rd gear! If I shifted down manually it would go to 2nd, but not 1st.
This problem might occur a couple days in a row, or it might work fine for 3 or 4 days. Is my tranny on the way out or is there a likely fix that won't cost me a couple grand?
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Old 05-25-2007, 08:25 AM   #2
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Re: '98 Cummins, won't downshift to 1st

Go to dieselbombers.com and join and start asking questions they will know because theres dodge gmcs chevys ford and others but they will know.
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Old 05-25-2007, 03:45 PM   #3
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Re: '98 Cummins, won't downshift to 1st

Thanks for the information; I'll check it out.
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Re: '98 Cummins, won't downshift to 1st

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A few weeks ago I bought this '98 automatic. I love the truck, but an annoying problem keeps popping up. The truck normally shifts fine, but once in a while it will not shift into 1st gear at a stop. If I manually kick it down to 1st it will usually cooperate and upshift ok, but typically the symptom continues at least until I shut off the truck and start it again. Other times even if I put it in 1st gear it still refuses to shift lower than 2nd. Tonight coming home from work it kept starting out in 3rd gear! If I shifted down manually it would go to 2nd, but not 1st.
This problem might occur a couple days in a row, or it might work fine for 3 or 4 days. Is my tranny on the way out or is there a likely fix that won't cost me a couple grand?
My 97 does the same thing, I just changed the speed sensor but it didn't fix that problem, maybe a shift solinoid?
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