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Old 07-27-2011, 06:52 AM
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Rebuilt Trans Question

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Last April I paid a local shop $1900 to rebuild the trans in my 04 F150. Now its 15 months later, the warranty is up and the trans is out again. My questions is should a trans fail after 37k on it with normal use. The shop is telling me its going to cost $750 to fix it now. The trans has no OD and wont make the 2-3 shift.
 
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Old 07-27-2011, 06:58 AM
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It should last an easy 150k!!! Depends on how you drive it, if you have lots of stop and go with short but frequent up/downshifts it tends to kill them fast!! Sounds like a bad rebuild job! A Ford Reman unit is the only safe way to go and the warranty is great!!!!
 
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Old 07-27-2011, 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by ford390gashog
It should last an easy 150k!!! Depends on how you drive it, if you have lots of stop and go with short but frequent up/downshifts it tends to kill them fast!! Sounds like a bad rebuild job! A Ford Reman unit is the only safe way to go and the warranty is great!!!!
I would think it would last longer than 37k. It is a lot of stop and go but normal daily use. The only thing I have really done since the rebuild was tow an 18 foot boat 150 miles. The rest of the time the bed is empty.
 
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Old 07-27-2011, 07:23 AM
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Ya that tranny should last an easy 150 if not 200000. I towed every day for 150000 never had a rebuild i thought I was going to need one and just dumped JB transmission helper in there and now have over 200000 on it. No problem it runs smooth.
 
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