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Overdrive Will Not Engage

Discussion in '2nd Gen 4Runners (1990-1995)' started by taiter, Apr 1, 2025.

  1. Apr 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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    taiter

    taiter [OP] New Member

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    First Name:
    Tait
    Fort Collins, CO
    Vehicle:
    1993 4Runner
    3.4 swap, solid front axle, front and rear locked
    So sometime last year the Runner sat a while during my valve/timing/water pump job. Starting and driving up for the first time after completion revealed that my torque converter and cat had gone bad. Long story short I had a shop replace the TC and cat, but ever since the whole debacle I haven't had overdrive. It worked fine before and I can turn the light on/off with the button, but it doesn't actually do anything gear wise. No codes are popping up either.

    It's a 1996 T100 3.4 that I swapped in, and it all functioned great for the first 5 years of having it swapped, only now is it messing up.

    I should also mention that I'm able to manually shift into OD with the solenoids unplugged. I've also checked continuity + voltage on the coolant temp sensor and the solenoids and everything checks out.

    Thanks everyone!
     
    Last edited: Apr 1, 2025

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