I need a little guidance

[rangergirl47150]

Help! I was not having trouble with my 2000 ranger last night but this am I left the house and got midway down street and realized my truck wouldnt shift out of first gear nor was the speedometer working. I turned around and came home and also then realized that the windshield wipers also were not coming on. When pulling into parking space I decided to back in the spot so my reverse is working.

My ? is this since two of these are electrical in nature could this be a bad fuse? Also would that account for the vehicle not shifting out of first gear driving.

I am researching this because I have made several repairs myself and would prefer to do it myself if at all possible. I am looking for my Ford parts and fix it book havent found it yet so i thought maybe I just might ask.

Any help would be appreciated

[blue beast]

Have you checked all the fuses already? Try to shift the truck manually and see if it goes in to those gears doing it that way, and pay attention to your speedo!

[rangergirl47150]

Yes all the fuses have been checked both in the cab of the truck at the dash board and the box under the hood. All the fuses were in plugged in and none were blown. they all were unplugged and replugged back in to make sure there was good connection.

I then took it to auto part store which is faorly close to the house thankfully since it would not shift gears. They plugged it into the diagnostic device and it passed. They actually did it a few times just to be sure. Everytime it registered as pass. So I assume that that eliminates transmission problem and a possible harness problem under the driver seat.

At this point i decided it is out of my league if cant find a diagnoses problem or fuses. It has been checked into the auto repair. He did say that thier equipment may detect what the auto store missed. Hopefully so because until then I am without transportation