afstud6900

Ok, so i have a 96 Taurus with 113K miles...and i had a problem with the engine and antifreeze leaked out around january causing my car to overheat and ruin the engine. since then its now end of june and i finally after moving my car from place to place waiting to get a newer engine put in i have the car back in my possesion. the new motor has about 70 ish thousand miles and now im having a bit of a trouble with my transmission shifting. when starting out driving down the road my car shifts from 1st to 2nd really hard with the gas pedal held down....and also shifts hard from 2nd to 3rd...wierd cause it never did any of this b4 i ruined the engine...but whatever i NEEED to get it fixed its driving me up the wall...but my check engine light IS on and i had that checked out and the guy told me its a Vehicle Speed Sensor...and he explained what is was but not where it is..ive checked some sites to see where its located and nothing helped still have not found it....someone help me....show me pictures? give me a good description....but i hope thats what it is......im not having anything weird happen with my speedometer like some other people have just a check engine light and hard shifting..but someone help... thanks

howzatar

I asked the same problem on another site. I have a '97 Taurus, so I can't imagine it would be too different...I have a manual and still had trouble finding it. Anyway, go to this site and it has a picture and a brief explanation that may help you:

Vss And Tps Testing - Taurus Car Club of America

afstud6900

thanks...it didnt really help me that much i looked at the pictures and i tried looking at my car again and i just cant find it so im taking it to a ford dealer today for them to look at it...so well see what happens i guess...thanks!

afstud6900

so i just got back from the ford dealership and found out that the guy that put the engine in my car didnt connect some things....mmm how safe huh ?....also that a bracket wasnt connected to my transmission either....so anyways i ended up paying 120$ and they checked over the whole thing and made sure it was good...and the sensor was unplugged and stuff...and yea its all good now. and now im happy!