Been a while since ive been on here, my 4r44e is taking a dump on me and i know from research i can swap the bellhousing over to a diffrent model transmission (3.0 trans hard to find!) and i wanna know what my best option is (4r55e?) and what year truck i can find it in. Any help much appretiated!!!

Truck is a 98 ranger 2wd with 3.0L

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98 ranger 3.0 200k+ miles, Bedliner paint w/ 3 inch body lift, 31" Goodyears, Custom exhaust w/ headers, Rollbar and brush gaurd, CUSTOM DENTS!

Go back to original trans. Run into electronic issues with shifting trying to change.

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2002 4.0 4x4 auto.
Black Rock steelies, 32" Cooper Discover AT/3
Power leather buckets, Full length console
EATC, OHC, Lighted visors, Wite cluster
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What about a 4r55e? Isnt that a 4 speed with heavy duty internals? I just need a trans till spring and im selling the truck

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98 ranger 3.0 200k+ miles, Bedliner paint w/ 3 inch body lift, 31" Goodyears, Custom exhaust w/ headers, Rollbar and brush gaurd, CUSTOM DENTS!

Probably just do this since you're selling the truck and don't have to worry about it too much more.
I thought the 44 or 55 meant 4 or 5 gears where the 4 or 5 on front was the heavy duty part.

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Baby Girl: 2006 White Ranger XL with many memories. R.I.P. 1/26/15

You want a 5 speed for highway driving. Plus your pcm is programmed for a specific trans. You would have to get the entire wiring harness and pcm from donor truck. Assuming your truck had the option to come with the trans; simply put the bell housings I believe the 4r55e and 5r55e had the same bell housing so you could potentially swap those out. But if you're wanting to swap in a new trans I would try to keep it oem simply to keep from having to flash the pcm/swap in a new one and to keep the original shift points. They put that trans in for a certain reason.

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I read online that a 5r55e with a pcm programmed for a 4r44e will work as a 4 speed cuz the internals are the same, i would get a 3.0 4r44e but they are almost impossible to find and a rebuild is out of the question cuz its grinding really bad.

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98 ranger 3.0 200k+ miles, Bedliner paint w/ 3 inch body lift, 31" Goodyears, Custom exhaust w/ headers, Rollbar and brush gaurd, CUSTOM DENTS!

why do you say that...it makes no sense

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If they have to replace the gears and hard parts thats out of my price range, im not really asking IF i can use a 4r55e but i wanna know what year truck to look for... i cant find a 3.0 trans anywhere!

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98 ranger 3.0 200k+ miles, Bedliner paint w/ 3 inch body lift, 31" Goodyears, Custom exhaust w/ headers, Rollbar and brush gaurd, CUSTOM DENTS!

We're in about the same area, and there's jys with them everywhere, the ones in Detroit have the best and widest selection!

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Baby Girl: 2006 White Ranger XL with many memories. R.I.P. 1/26/15

I live in mason south of lansing and we have a U PULL junkyard with rangers and explorers around the same year as my truck, a trans is only 100$ and i can pick what one i want.

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98 ranger 3.0 200k+ miles, Bedliner paint w/ 3 inch body lift, 31" Goodyears, Custom exhaust w/ headers, Rollbar and brush gaurd, CUSTOM DENTS!

Buy a rebuilt and save the headache.

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2002 4.0 4x4 auto.
Black Rock steelies, 32" Cooper Discover AT/3
Power leather buckets, Full length console
EATC, OHC, Lighted visors, Wite cluster
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check out the nice lifted ranger at the ford dealer by city limits.

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Close - the first number and letter tell you how many gears, and what drivetrain the trans is. I can't read the code beyond that.
4Rxxx is a 4-speed, Rear wheel drive trans
5Rxxx is a 5-speed, Rear wheel drive trans
5Fxxx is a 5-speed, FRONT wheel drive trans

4R44e and 4R55e are both 4-speed RWD. Beyond that, I don't know the difference.

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2007 Dark Shadow Grey (CX) Super Cab 4x2 Ranger Sport (Canada) 3.0L, Manual Transmission, 4.10 open

44E rated 440 ft lbs torque used with 4 cyl and 3.0 v6

55E rated 550 ft lbs torque used with 4.0 v6

E means electronic shift