DMiller
Senior Member
I am only getting to slug out with my old junk. Had a situation come up last week, renters cows pushed out a section of cattle panel once used as a gate, knocked all the staples loose. A Neighbor driving by saw them headed to the highway as not much to stop them so the wife and I headed down with my old Super Duty 7.3 diesel.
The cows have a dinner bell affinity to the small diesel trucks(renters have them) so was easy to get over half to follow back onto our place thru another gap gate. Took me a bit to get the truck into lo range 4x4 as really greasy with the frost burning off the first couple inches of soil. I went in and diverted a few at the neighbors front yard back thru the opened panel closed it then set to get the wife to drive my wagon around to bring two up on the highway back to me. Well the truck decided NOT coming out of LoSide 4x4. Got last two of the sixty off the neighbor's place and brought the truck up the hill.
Fun fun, I have ZERO diagnostics equipment for my '99, gave that crap up long ago. Is electronic shift(ESOF), so find a schematic start at obvious, shift motor, reversing motor off two relays, shifts both direction not stuck. Check switch, not powered, uses a variance of resistance to a processor to drive relays to shift motor per the Ford Super Duty Pages on the net. Finally find my DVOM, resistance checks seem to spec but no response. Look to information can find on the Schematic notes a GEM unit General Electronics Module, drives the 4x4 the door locks, miscellaneous other crap. Then try to find this thing, go on Super Duty Ford Fanatics pages AGAIN find out in on the Back side of the fuse block. ***!!
Get the bustard out, get the engineering number off it F81B14B205 EL, check the net. TONS of used, most are Yard controllers, would trust them as far as could throw especially at $120-250, then check the new or reman units, least expensive $495 week to ten day ship, Indiana. Screw it waited til Monday called local Ford dealer, $541 exchange but have six in warehouse have one next day no freight. Ordered it, picked it up yesterday afternoon struggling with a sinus infection or head cold something kicking my tail, parts man cuts me slack to $491 exchange plus tax. Get up late this morning, install this damn thing and reassemble the interior of the truck, fuse block had to come OUT to get at it. All is good in the world again but what a POS to diagnose, locate and then swap. Only lasted twenty years, WTH!! What was bad of Shift Levers?
The cows have a dinner bell affinity to the small diesel trucks(renters have them) so was easy to get over half to follow back onto our place thru another gap gate. Took me a bit to get the truck into lo range 4x4 as really greasy with the frost burning off the first couple inches of soil. I went in and diverted a few at the neighbors front yard back thru the opened panel closed it then set to get the wife to drive my wagon around to bring two up on the highway back to me. Well the truck decided NOT coming out of LoSide 4x4. Got last two of the sixty off the neighbor's place and brought the truck up the hill.
Fun fun, I have ZERO diagnostics equipment for my '99, gave that crap up long ago. Is electronic shift(ESOF), so find a schematic start at obvious, shift motor, reversing motor off two relays, shifts both direction not stuck. Check switch, not powered, uses a variance of resistance to a processor to drive relays to shift motor per the Ford Super Duty Pages on the net. Finally find my DVOM, resistance checks seem to spec but no response. Look to information can find on the Schematic notes a GEM unit General Electronics Module, drives the 4x4 the door locks, miscellaneous other crap. Then try to find this thing, go on Super Duty Ford Fanatics pages AGAIN find out in on the Back side of the fuse block. ***!!
Get the bustard out, get the engineering number off it F81B14B205 EL, check the net. TONS of used, most are Yard controllers, would trust them as far as could throw especially at $120-250, then check the new or reman units, least expensive $495 week to ten day ship, Indiana. Screw it waited til Monday called local Ford dealer, $541 exchange but have six in warehouse have one next day no freight. Ordered it, picked it up yesterday afternoon struggling with a sinus infection or head cold something kicking my tail, parts man cuts me slack to $491 exchange plus tax. Get up late this morning, install this damn thing and reassemble the interior of the truck, fuse block had to come OUT to get at it. All is good in the world again but what a POS to diagnose, locate and then swap. Only lasted twenty years, WTH!! What was bad of Shift Levers?
