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I loved that interaction with the cop. “Any questions for me?” “Uhhhhh do you want a sticker?” “Do YOU want a sticker” “YOU HAVE STICKERS?!?!?”

Angus has been a wonderful addition, his comedic timing and quips are great

Angus is an awesome addition to the channel. His sense of humor keeps me rollin 😂😂

I know you've recorded yourself doing brakes a million times, but I always appreciate a refresher on brakes. I do them like twice a year, so it never hurts to see 'em again. Thanks Kevin!

The transmission problem is most likely a computer problem. My 1995 f150 with the same transmission had the same problems. The ECM has 3 capacitors that are notorious for leaking and breaking inside and will cause all kinds of issues. For $100 I sent the ECM and the gauge cluster off to a guy to fix and test. Truck runs and shifts perfectly fine now. If I could send you pictures of mine here I would. You will double the price of the truck with a $100 fix.

"Tractor beam". now THAT has to be his best one yet.

As others have said check the pcm. This video actually encouraged me to finally pull mine and look for bad caps. I found the 3 caps swollen and leaking acid on the board. The caps have the UF and voltage printed on the side. I was able to order new caps off digikey shipped for less than a 6 pack. After a few days they showed up and I soldered the new ones in making sure to keep the polarity correct. Some of the traces looked broken from the acid leaking on the board so I used a multimeter on continuity to check for breaks. One trace was broken so I soldered in a wire at the two ends of the trace. My E40d now down shifts and uses more than just 3rd gear. I made a post on the OBS ford FB page about it. I noticed someone tried to tag you so I thought I would come over and leave a comment.

Yes, you are right about the brake light. My son put LEDs in his 1995 F150 lower brake lights. The transmission would kick out and not go into final gear. After installing a resister, it started shifting perfectly.

Bought a rebuild kit on eBay for computer. Includes all the capacitors. Cost $12. Solder in easily. Fixed running and shifting issues. You can tell the caps are bad if they are leaking or bulging on the top or bottom. Acid will leak out and eat the board and resistors.

34:16 "Brandon Herrera please fix Kevin's transmission" is the best line I never thought I would need to hear

Kevin, on the obs fords powersteering gear box there is a flathead bolt with a jam nut. Tighten the flathead bolt to take up any play in the steering. Thanks for the Great video guys!

I good genuine friendship makes all the difference , love watching you both having a genuine good time whilst entertaining us the viewers

The fact that Kevin listed the engine options but forgot the most important and best option of the 7.3 powerstroke surprised the hell out of me

The best is the timing of "One Liner Angus." The randomness of the lines cracks me up. Keep up the good work guys.

27:59 ford connected the fuse for the oxygen sensor heaters to the shift solenoids on the 2000-03 ford Taurus. Its fuse 28, if it blows it keeps the transmission in first gear.

Really enjoy the duo of you and Angus. Hope you are paying him well. At times i miss mook doing her stuff. Hope she is ok and is having fun with her house, animals and fixing cars!

35:00 - Harrison Ford saves Kevin’s Bacon… I’m sorry.

Perfect timing I JUST got home from work. Lets see how angus gets to suffer this week!

Every video of yours impresses me more. Great job diagnosing the idle issue. Lot more patience than I have.

I'm loving more of these road trip videos with these junkyard jems!! Thanks junkyard digs!

When I turned 16 I was given a 1994 F-250 2 door long bed with the 351 Windsor, 4x4, and a 5 speed manual. I still have it and I still love it.

I'm so happy Angus is a regular now

FYI: Those era F150's have issues with the Capacitors blowing inside the ECU causing idle issues. New Capacitors soldered in corrects the problem. The way to diagnose this is to unplug the Power Steer Pressure Switch. If the idle changes Capacitors are corroded or blown. (now ya know)

Well thanks to you, Kevin, (and Mook!) along with Dalton and Chris from NNKH, I was motivated to buy and fix up a $1000 marketplace 95 F-150 Supercab (4.9 automatic with 270K on the clock). After sitting for about 4 years, it “only needed a starter”… and brakes, plugs, shocks, tires, u-joints, complete tie rods and 2 new gas tanks with pumps! But it really ran great after I put JYD and PBG stickers on it! 😄 Also gave it the Sea Foam/Berryman’s/Marvel Mystery treatment. I am having an issue with voltage. Getting 512 code for the ECM losing power, I believe it’s happening at startup, when the starter is cranking. I’m fixing to replace the battery ground cable that goes through the clip on the frame, then to the starter. I’ve had issues with that setup in the past. I’ll go straight to the starter, then back to the frame. And I’ll clean up the ground strap from the intake to the firewall. Then there’s only 14 more ground connections to check after that! 🙄 That will also cause shifting problems since the ECM won’t know when to tell the transmission to shift.

i love angus, dont ever change, man. you are the perfect show wingman to kevin.

We narrowly missed the Tractor Beam. Is the Most Iowan thing I've ever heard!

My truck did that (97' 7.3 E4OD) And it turned out to be the PSOM module on the back of the cluster. Sent it out for repair and worked beautiful.

Kevin and Angus are the comedy duo we all need.

Chetek resident here, Glad to see you guys continuing to enjoy this quiet neck of the woods.

Its good that you guys have thourough narration of what your doing and why its important. You make it look doable to people that are gonna do a task fo the first time or peopl completely new to wrenchin. Thank you for all you do.😊

I am also glad you you figured out the high idle situation. I was very curious. On smoke test I knew that the EGR wasn't the problem because those ford EGR valves will all leak during smoke tests and aren't really a vacuum leak. Cheers to good auto content !

For the high idle my truck a couple years older same engine same problem. I tried spark plugs spark plug wires cap rotor new vacuum lines new idle air control valve I tried plugging certain vacuum lines nothing was working. And when I continue to do research it kept coming up as a possible fuel pressure regulator. I asked my stepdad who was a ford mechanic he said that you would usually find gas sitting in the vacuum line I found no gas sitting in the vacuum line but there was the smell of gas in the vacuum line. So then I decided to fork up the 60 or $70 to get the fuel pressure regulator. Took the old one out put the new one in and started it up better gas mileage no more high idle running like a dream.

I'm loving this whole "Loose Ends with Agnus" series. For years you've been doing the "Buy old iron, get it running sort of", but once in a while it's a good reminder to finish stuff up, even if it means having more money than brains and just aiming the parts cannon at it. You should be a tiny bit lecturey at the start of these to add some narrative, it's thematically useful.

I drove a regular cab 94 F-250 utility truck when I was an HVAC apprentice. Was a 2wd 351 E4OD with a reading bed. Thing was a gutless wonder that drank gas like no other but it was unstoppable. Steering was also equally terrible and terrifying lol.

We had two trucks exactly like that, a 96 and I think the other was a 95 with the 7.3 Litre diesel in it for our feedlot operation and I loved the 96, kept it after we shut the feedlot down for use on the farm, and hated when that truck was sold off. Great truck for what we used it for.

Dude, I just turned 16, and you inspired me through COVID to love classic cars, and want to fix and drive them. Id love to do what you’re doing, but obviously with everything being way overpriced, it’ll be a while. But I can definitely say you’ve been a huge inspiration, and it would be amazing to maybe one day do what you do.

I LOVE these videos of revisiting and finishing old channel projects!

I had the same transmission issue with my 92 f150, it was that module you took off the trans at 45:00. Inside is a quadrant that moves with the shaft and rides on contact strips, the contacts on the quadrant wear through and the ECM doesn't know what gear it's in.

Check your third brake light. They can make the transmission do funny things. It could be the PCM as well. You can pull it and open the case and you may see some burnt pieces.

Had a 97 that had similar Gremlins though more high idle and rough idle with everything replaced just worked for a bit then back to what it was doing and the torque converter lockup problem. It was the Reference Voltage would go all crazy only when driving and ended up being the vapor pressure sensor on top of tank had a wire rubbed through occasionally shorting out reference voltage on a rusty cross member above rear tank. once we found that and threw a but connector in the break it was a new truck. So my advice is trace all the 3 wire sensors back a bit especially the vapor pressure sensor and any other pressure sensors and look for a wire rubbed through.

This work never ends. I just got of work to watch you work. In Wisconsin that truck would have been picked up ASAP..

Hey digs check the grounds to the engine and the transmission! My obs had a bad ground and one $10 cable down to the transmission fixed the issue! You can always try it for free with a jumper cable and see if it shifts better lol

Great Video. Thanks for explaining everything! Words of Wisdom. “Fixing it , Fixed it”.

Hi JunkyardDig! I've been watching your content for years now. I'm passionate by Ford truck who have been on the marketing from 60's to 90's just like you look to be too. The f250 survivor that you made work on it is pretty amazing and i love them. I'm exited to see your futur project that you post on your channel. I love the accuracy that you provide in your explaination and the touch of humour that you bring in your video. The area that you make your content seems like nice yard with garage and shed's to create and made awesome stuff like you do. I also like nova car from those years. From a fan name François and translate by someone who have skills in English, because French is my first language and it is more simple like that.

I've caught myself binge watching your channel lately. Very happy to see a new video!

The oil pressure gage in these trucks in the dash are just dummy lights with a needle, all it says is you have pressure and that’s it, there is another one that tells the computer what the actual pressure is, the one that’s hooked up to the gage is next to the oil filter

I'm glad you guys figured out the high idle issue I was going to suggest the little sensor by the heater box that has the hard plastic vacuum line to it and a connector with three wires. Not sure what it's called but it solved the high idle in my bronco ii, and f250. And a friends e350. I just pull them from the wrecking yard when I find them 😅

Excellent video and entertaining to boot! There are a LOT of those trucks still in daily service in our rather rural area of South Carolina. The ones I have had the chance to examine had the 300cid, 351cid, and the ones that were used for really, really heavy-duty use had the 460cid engines. The 302cid engine Ford put in its trucks from the 1970s through about 2000 was crap. It had no guts and was considered an "explode-a-matic" as was the weak auto transmission it was attached to.

I have this identical truck but 4wd with a 7.3 powerstroke and 5 speed. It will pull down a f'ing house. These trucks rock.

24:49 I feel you on that where the pumps keep stopping when filling the gas tanks on our older trucks. My 93 Ford Ranger has the same issue when filling the tank.

My transmission problem in my 97 f-350 was the gas pedal itself. As explained to me is it’s like a dimmer switch in a house and eventually the contact points wear out and confuses the whole system! My buddy had a parts truck and after installing that one it worked great!

I would look into the PSOM board in the cluster. The speed sensor signal is converted from analog to digital on that. Then that's what's used for the ECM to shift. I have new PSOM boards!

Couldn't have dropped this video at a better time, I jus had shoulder surgery about 4 hours ago. This is awesome. Thanks, you guys are awesome, now I'm waiting on Daltons next video. 😂

As the latest care taker of an October of 97 OBS F250 Heavy duty Highboy 4x4 with the 351W and needing to do the brakes this is my favorite video as I'm a little intimidated as it will be my first time with having to mess with the wheel bearings ( all my other vehicles have been lighter so the rotors are not the hubs as well

One of my favorite trucks of all-time! That 351W was a beast! Bought it with 200 miles and traded it in with 250,000 miles!

Am glad to see Junkyard Digs putting a video out, was hoping that they were all ok what with all the storms that have hit their part of the world.

LOVE those old OBS Fords. End 80s to end of 90s, love em

I love the OBS Fords, my Dad had a '97 F250 CCSB with the 7.3 Powerstroke, great truck.

I had a 94 T-bird V8 that had the same trans issue, changed the fluid and filter used 4 qts of B&M trick shift in place of some of the fluid and a tube of lube guard shutter fix and that transmission worked great for years - I changed fluid every 2 yrs or 20k miles

love those 90s style of pickup trucks 👀

Dad was a Ford tech from the early 80s to late 90s. And I asked about the brake light. Was told "oh fuck yes" and then heard some awesome stories about diy diagnostics for ford 1 peice wiring harnesses

Those trucks are amazing, that's why there is a lot still on the road. Ours has only 330k miles, all original.

I lucked out big time! Found a one owner 92 F250 7.5L XLT 2WD with 183.000kms. Has OD, 4.10 rear, limited slip. Driven 7000 kms in the last 12yrs. Mint interior, non smoker. The engine is smooth and is more quiet than our 2018 Kia Sorento 3.3L V6. Rips through the gears and shifts perfectly, however there is a bit of shutter between 50-75kmh. Changed the trans oil. Still there, will buy an OBD1 scanner to diagnose it. Otherwise the truck is in amazing condition!!

Damn it Kevin every time you go to Chetek Wisconsin you drive literally right past where I live and I seem to always miss you as you drive by!!!

Can't wait to watch this but its 9pm here! Look forward to catching up hopefully tomorrow.

Oh man I really hope you guys bought another clapped out RV and went to the race again like you guys usually do. I look forward to that video every year and after the finish tonight I can’t wait for it to up. Such a great tradition you guys have started and I hope you guys we’re there for the closes finish in NASCAR history 🍻

Thunderer ranger AT-R 10ply tires are really good for an off brand tire. I've never had a problem. I have them installed on my 7,400lb suburban and I off-road with those tires. They do great in the snow, mud and etc. Even while street driving they handle well and are very smooth and not really noisy on pavement. I definitely recommend them.

Like I said before , you got it made out there, In MD you don't drive with no plate, you got to go to the DMV and get a temp plate before you move that vehicle or it's going to the impound and your getting a ticket LOL

Really excited 🤘🏻 best Tuesday

The Third Brake light shares power to the transmission! Thats something I never knew after 20+ years of working on basically everything Thanks for that tid bit of info wow the third brake light. ford!

I went through this on a 97 F-350 5.8 E4od 4x4. It's most likely tps related. Ford eec iv relies extensively on tps signal but will also run decently without any tps input with the exception of high idle and bad shift points. Mine lost the +5v to the tps, it was a broken wire by the ecm. You can check it with a multi meter or use a scanner to see the live data. Mine 97 was still obd1 and I have an actron odb1 scanner that read live data. Good luck! I haven't finished the video yet incase you figured it out later.

First Dylan McCool and now Junkyard. This is a good day

Ball Joint / Outer Tie Rod Tip.... I've bought the cheap non greasable ones and drilled a small hole where the zerk fitting normally goes and installed a zerk fitting and made them greasable in the past.

A big impact makes very quick work of the ball joints.

Hey I live in chetek, glad to see yall come up to the Northwoods

Agreeing with most people. You've gone thru pretty much all the typical causes in order (high mount brake light, VSS), next most likely is PSOM (Programmable Speedometer-Odometer Module). You can either get a cluster off a 96-97 gasser and swap that in, pull the PSOM off of your cluster and swap it with a spare PSOM, or send the PSOM to someone to test and rebuild. I don't have recommendations for a rebuilder, sadly. Clusters ARE "gated" by 2 years (92-93, 94-95, 96-97), although you can use ones from the "wrong" year bracket if you repin your harness. IDK if the PSOM itself varies between the years (or between gasser and diesel). IDK if you can remove PSOM without removing the whole cluster. The two ribbon cables that plug into the rear of the harness are held in with brittle, 30 year old plastic, making it a bear to get them out without damaging anything. You can pull the front plastic off the cluster with a T20 or T25 bit or somewhere around a 5-8mm socket (trying to remember offhand, it's been a year since I've messed with the cluster in my 95). Since this truck is a 97 it might be OBD2 (passenger side, under the ash tray) or glove box). Any high end scanner should be able to monitor sensors, or you can download FORscan on a laptop (free) or your phone (paid) and use one of their recommended OBD2 plugs to connect. You might be able to diag with that, but I don't have much experience there since my truck hasn't had transmission issues. The E4OD isn't bad, necessarily.. there's plenty of worse automatics out there. It's definitely a weird one. Over engineered in some ways, very sensitive in others.

The angus “pressuring the tire” bit went over my head for a couple seconds, but once it clicked, I howled!!😂

Great episode !

Wanna know what's funny my dad just bought that exact ball press and we didn't know how to use it and thanks to this video I'll be able to do my dad's ball joints so thanks for including that in the video it's much appreciated 👍

Heck yes more road trips videos!

Watching y’all tap that tie rod with a little finishing hammer I was literally said “y’all need a bigger hammer” and then it proceeded to Kevin smacking it with a maul. Mission accomplished boys.

It could absolutely be the manual gear selector module you got the wrong part for. I have a 92 Opel Calibra (Chevrolet in Brazil, you up north never got that beauty) and sometimes it misshifts like skipping a gear and then goes into protection mode - feels like overdrive. Maybe your Ford ain’t got that mode but it seems to be acting similarly. Then I got to switch that module or open it, clean the copper contacts, regrease them and put it in again. I do this on a three year schedule xD No promises but hope it helps. Love your videos! Thanks for all that work you put in

Had that e40d trans too and well good luck guys.the horror stories multiple booms

"We nearly missed the tractor beam" Damnit man I was drinking! That shit made me spit take, comedy dad joke gold!

Harrison Ford? Omg that’s perfect 😂 I’m sure they have plenty of jokes.

About the transmission, check your signal from the speed sensor, sometimes they corrode and don't send the signal right to the computer, also check trans fluid, sometimes is just like that, about the engine, check the pcv valves, they sometimes broke of and make a huge leak, I got an old 90' F-350 with the same transmission but with a 460 engine, took me a while figure the vacuum leaks out, the transmission is slacky by itself, but once working decent, is pretty dang good, Another thing you can do is run a KOER and KOEO test, maybe you can find what's wrong there, maybe you got a bad signal to the trans harness connector of the solenoid pack, if you can't get anything on there, check the harness itself, maybe you got some wires melted up and shorting out, it happened to me once because of the exhaust too close to the harness, if that's good too, your ecm is junk

That Punisher ending was perfect! 🤣

How did the alignment shop miss that bad tie rid end going to the pitman arm. Always the first thing you look for when doing a alignment is worn or broken front end parts

Never smelled a video this fresh before

Im 16 years old and i worked my but off to get the truck I have which is a 86 S10 you really inspire me to keep working on my truck I may not have the money to fix it right now but soon I know I will be able to thanks for the inspiration and keeping me in doing this and maybe one day I'll be able to do something like you whenever I get my truck fixed to be an accomplishment for me

He's never gonna let that olds diesel go.

A Ford dealership called Harrison. Brilliant!

Watch the guy who wanted this truck originally, actually see this video and wants the truck now 🤣🤣

Also you can check the notorious shift spring issue it likes to start backing off and causes shifting issues!!!! had a 1991 f250 custom e4od auto trans with that problem

I had a similar transmission issue, Ended up being a bad ABS unit. Bypassed it and its fine now.

with no breaks my guess would be it goes down the road waaaay to well.🤣🤣 Great video 2x👍

I had a 94 F150 with a 302 and the lovely E40D....POS transmission.... rebuilt 3 times ... sold truck with 125k on the clock. Loved the truck when it wasn't in the shop....It developed the death wobble.... I had enough...It had to go.

Yeah... Ford had some funny things with those 90sand 2000s brake lines in front. They seem to last up until you need them... Oh... And the power windows... Those things are always needing the plastic inner bits right off the motors replaced... I had the joy of that on my late 80s E-250 van...

Really liking the Kevin and Angus combo. Love your vids guys. 😎👌