[StangDad]

Two Part Mystery:

Part One - No 3rd or 4th gear. Need to start off with selector in 1 and manually shift up to 2. Won't go into third gear.

Part Two - When harness to 3-4 shift solenoid and torque convertor clutch solenoid is connected to the connector on the tranny, the fusable link to the fuel pump realy blows. Three wires are there going into the tranny: red 381 (part of engine harness power circuit), O/Y 237 (to PCM), and P/Y (to PCM).

1993 LX Mustang with 2.3l four-banger. Red. Rag top. Son's first car.

Questions:

1. Are these two seperate issues or the same one?

2. Any fault isolation help?

[TOM RENZO]

Check those leads that go to the tranny for shorts to ground. They do go bad and blow the fuse link. I replace the fuse links with inline maxi fuses and holders. I also reroute the solenoid power feed off the pump circuit. I put it on its own circuit so if it messes up you dont loose the pump in the turmoil. The selenoid packs controll the trannys shiftinf and so forth. I think once you fix the solenoid pack problem the tranny will be ok TOM