I've got a 94 F150 w/5.0 and E4OD....after driving a bit, you can smell what
seems to be tranny fluid after parking. My trans does clunk a bit when going into drive, more like a click/clunk. I'm thinking bad ujoints, but what about the smell?
Thanks

 

you need to change your fluid, today.

get filter at ford if you can, drain pan and you must drain convertor.

remove the rubber plug and tap ignition until the drain bolt lines up.

use good fluid and a quart of lucas trans fluid.

you may be to late but this is worth a try.

describe the crap you find in the pan and on the magnet.

use brake cleaner to clean inside of pan.

 

I agree....I'd like to see the fluid.....

 

My Chevy truck has 400K on it's original 4L80 automatic. I got it too hot about 200k ago and burned the fluid as you describe. I changed it and it continued to slip UNTIL I ADDED LUCAS. I use it at every change to this day. I cannot say enough good about anything Lucas makes.

My retired 92 F-250 7.3 Diesel had over 350K on it and 1 quart of lucas at oil change slowed oil burning from 3qts/5k to NONE.

YMMV
Good Luck,
Justin

 

I use to work on Freightliner big trucks. We had eaton fuller transmissions and i have added lucas into them and noticed less fluid consumption and longer transmission life.

 

i know lucas trans. fluid or power steering fluid or any of the other products they have will not always fix every problem, but they sure work for me.

it seems like others concur.

 

Thx guys...will do. I'll let you know what I find.

 

I've never used an ATF additive. I'm assuming that the quart of additive is REPLACING a quart of ATF right? Not sure if there would be enough room in the tranny for an extra quart on top of the system capacity... My instinct tells me no...

 

of course it replaces a quart of regular trans. fluid.

i am talking about during a complete fluid change and filter.

 

Yeah I figured as much. Just wondering if there was a way I could somehow squeeze a quart of Lucas into my ATF, I just changed my tranny fluid and I don't wanna wait another 50k miles to get the lucas in there Also don't want to mess with that damned drain plug on the TC again. My back still hurts from turning the crank a little, checking the hole, turning the crank, checking the hole, turning the crank, etc etc.

 

disconnect the cooler line and drain a quart out.

i boil water in a pan and put the lucas bottle in so it thins out.

makes it easier to pour in.

this stuff is thick.

also, if you have convertor shudder i recommend shudder fixx, google it for more info.

it works and is only 5 bucks or so.