My wife lost 3rd gear on the way to take the kids to school the other day. Threw a bunch of codes that I was able to pull (bad 1-2 shift, bad 2-3 shift, 3rd gear ratio bad, tranny over temp, etc). Pulled the pan, and found lots of metal flakes and a few 2-4mm nuggets. Fluid was slightly maroon/brown and looked like a girls glitter party.

Time for a new tranny....let the fun begin. Oh, and the money spending

 

Sorry for the loss of your transmission. Can I ask what it's maintenance history has been?

 

HD4R100 in the cards?

 

Maintenance history since 205,000 is all I know. I changed and flushed fluid when I got it (at about 210k). Only 50k on it since I have had it, and it has been driven by the wife 95% of the time. Oh, and it has/had the mechanical diode.

 

Some tranny horror pics.

 

Make sure you throw in a 6.0 oil cooler DON'T USE YOUR OLD OIL COOLER! As it may be contaminated. Make sure you flush the cooler lines when you rebuild the tranny.

 

6.0 cooler already on the way

 

Here are the bigger pieces from the pan. They were stuck to the extra magnet I had placed in there.

 

TOAST
start shopping.

 

Since you are in AZ, you ever heard of Unlimited Transmissions out of Scottsdale?

 

Oh man! 255k is a long time on a tranny i'd feel lucky if i was you. Timing is never good for a thing like this though.

 

OEM suggestion and link below for some information.



https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...e-4r100hd.html

 

Bently, I am looking at the 4R100HD, but prices are all over the place depending on the dealership. Local dealer said it would take them 2 weeks to get one. They also want $700 more than Fordparts.com

Because of cost, JW and BTS are a pipe dream. Will not even be considering them.

 

Try these links:

REMAN TRANSMISSION ASY | Genuine Ford | 6U2Z-7V000-LRM

REMAN TRANSMISSION ASY | Genuine Ford | TRM-1622-

 

no sorry. My transmission is still happy. I think I did see them advertise on craigslist? Is that the one that has them for 999 ?