I was driving in traffic, about 15 mph... nice and easy. I heard a loud bang of the type that signals mechanical breakage. And, I had no power delivery... coasted to the side of the road.
I figured the giubo / flex coupling had gone bad, or, had otherwise dropped the drive line. I've got an appt. this week, to have the permanent drive line recall upgrade, so, I really wanted it to be THAT. I noted there were no parts in the road, behind me. I crawled under, and found everything looking intact. When I rotated the drive line a few degrees, it locked up in a way that may be normal... sitting with engine off, in Park.
While waiting for a tow truck, I started the van, and checked what it felt like putting it in R-N-D. There's some torque evident, when shifting from N to R or D. In fact, that makes a bit of a clang-bump. With gentle gas, though, there's no power delivery. I wouldn't put more gas to it, for fear of doing damage.
The tow guy said that Park did not actually engage at all.
Really an unpleasant experience. You try Googling for tow services in your area, and, none have a phone number to call. They expect you to type in info and submit a form? Stupid. I finally made a second call to the tow service the Ford service operator recommended (which I had mis-dialed 10 minutes earlier), and got that going.
The tow guy had a very fancy ramp truck. I asked if he had moved Transits, and he seemed very familiar, and, mentioned some of the problems that we are aware of for towing Transits, so, that was encouraging. I had thought he planned to hook to the anchor loops near the front jack points. Turns out, he hooked into holes in the frame, further back. That managed to bend the exhaust heat shield, a bit... maybe no big deal.
So, what might my problem be? Torque converter? I don't know enough to know what other possibilities there are. 75k on the van, with no previous major issues.
I figured the giubo / flex coupling had gone bad, or, had otherwise dropped the drive line. I've got an appt. this week, to have the permanent drive line recall upgrade, so, I really wanted it to be THAT. I noted there were no parts in the road, behind me. I crawled under, and found everything looking intact. When I rotated the drive line a few degrees, it locked up in a way that may be normal... sitting with engine off, in Park.
While waiting for a tow truck, I started the van, and checked what it felt like putting it in R-N-D. There's some torque evident, when shifting from N to R or D. In fact, that makes a bit of a clang-bump. With gentle gas, though, there's no power delivery. I wouldn't put more gas to it, for fear of doing damage.
The tow guy said that Park did not actually engage at all.
Really an unpleasant experience. You try Googling for tow services in your area, and, none have a phone number to call. They expect you to type in info and submit a form? Stupid. I finally made a second call to the tow service the Ford service operator recommended (which I had mis-dialed 10 minutes earlier), and got that going.
The tow guy had a very fancy ramp truck. I asked if he had moved Transits, and he seemed very familiar, and, mentioned some of the problems that we are aware of for towing Transits, so, that was encouraging. I had thought he planned to hook to the anchor loops near the front jack points. Turns out, he hooked into holes in the frame, further back. That managed to bend the exhaust heat shield, a bit... maybe no big deal.
So, what might my problem be? Torque converter? I don't know enough to know what other possibilities there are. 75k on the van, with no previous major issues.
