Q: Transmission not shifting out of 1st gear

asked by on January 06, 2017

I just put a transmission in truck from rv and it won't shift outta 1st gear the last ttranni didn't have reverse and wouldn't shift 1st gear

My car has 151000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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