bought a 1996 Explorer Limited with 320,000km recently. Today while I was driving..going about 40km..someone came infront of me so I slowed down..after that when I accelerated the car wasnt running/pulling so I pulled the car over and changed all gears back and forth to check but nothing was working..then I switched off the car and tried starting it again but it wouldnt even do that...it would crank but a very different/wierd sound..nothing like click clack but something like mechanical/robot'ish?
I then opened the hood and tried cranking it again and saw that the pully wasnt moving.

Has anyone experienced this?or knows what Im talking about? Is there a possible connection with the tranny and motor? Im most certain its a broken timing chain but what doesnt get to me is that if thats the case how come the transmission gave up on me before..and after I switched off the car it wouldnt start again? Possible that both tranny and motor are gone? (timing chain?) Any chance of bent valves?

Please if someone can help me out with this.

 

Are you sure it's not something electrical? Do the lights on the dash come on and dim during crank? Turn the headlights on to see if there is voltage going to them, are they bright? I doubt the engine and trans are the problem, at least it should turn over. Did you hear any noise while you were driving it, or anything unusual?

 

i took out the starter and the flywheel was moving freely not the main balancer pully.so the flywheel need to be change.can any one give me the diy how to remove the trany.

 

So, you cracked the flex plate. Have you tried your local ford dealer? They might let you look at the service manual or print you a copy of the procedure.

 

Hello,
[ol][*]call Ford customer service and complain 800-392-3673 (58 reports)[*]replaced with rebuilt transmission (57 reports)[/ol]

 

Well, let's see, he bought it with 198,000 miles on it, it was 12 years old, and something failed on it. Oh, I definitely see something wrong with that.............not.