LV vs. SP again...
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LV vs. SP again...
ok buddy of mine brought my attention to a post on a different site about some new service memo from Ford now saying that LV is not good for SP replacement except torq-shift..... Maybe.
i dont know if we can post the link or not.. i am if we not suppose to sorry...
http://www.powerstroke.org/forum/general-6-0l-discussion/458210-new-info-mercon-sp-vs-lv.html
i know it is for the 6.0 forum but has ties to 2008 trucks if you read enough.
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i dont know if we can post the link or not.. i am if we not suppose to sorry...
http://www.powerstroke.org/forum/general-6-0l-discussion/458210-new-info-mercon-sp-vs-lv.html
i know it is for the 6.0 forum but has ties to 2008 trucks if you read enough.
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From: UPPER SALFORD PA
ok buddy of mine brought my attention to a post on a different site about some new service memo from Ford now saying that LV is not good for SP replacement except torq-shift..... Maybe.
i dont know if we can post the link or not.. i am if we not suppose to sorry...
http://www.powerstroke.org/forum/general-6-0l-discussion/458210-new-info-mercon-sp-vs-lv.html
i know it is for the 6.0 forum but has ties to 2008 trucks if you read enough.
here is the last ssm
SSM 21114 - REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION FLUID FOR SERVICING TORQSHIFT TRANSMISSIONS
ALL 2003-2008 F-SUPER DUTY, 2003-2005 EXCURSION, 2004-2008 E-SERIES AND 2006-2008 LCF VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A TORQSHIFT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS SHOULD BE SERVICED WITH MERCON LV AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID IN PLACE OF MERCON SP. THIS INCLUDES TOP OFF AS WELL AS FLUID REPLACEMENT. MIXING MERCON LV AND MERCON SP IN THE TORQSHIFT TRANSMISSION IS ACCEPTABLE. USE MERCON LV TRANSMISSION FLUIDTO SERVICE VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH TORQSHIFT TRANSMISSIONS. WHEN ADDING OR REPLACING TRANSMISSION FLUID IN A VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH A TORQSHIFT TRANSMISSION, USE MERCON LV TRANSMISSION FLUID. <!-- / message --><!-- sig -->
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i dont know if we can post the link or not.. i am if we not suppose to sorry...
http://www.powerstroke.org/forum/general-6-0l-discussion/458210-new-info-mercon-sp-vs-lv.html
i know it is for the 6.0 forum but has ties to 2008 trucks if you read enough.
here is the last ssm
SSM 21114 - REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION FLUID FOR SERVICING TORQSHIFT TRANSMISSIONS
ALL 2003-2008 F-SUPER DUTY, 2003-2005 EXCURSION, 2004-2008 E-SERIES AND 2006-2008 LCF VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A TORQSHIFT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS SHOULD BE SERVICED WITH MERCON LV AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID IN PLACE OF MERCON SP. THIS INCLUDES TOP OFF AS WELL AS FLUID REPLACEMENT. MIXING MERCON LV AND MERCON SP IN THE TORQSHIFT TRANSMISSION IS ACCEPTABLE. USE MERCON LV TRANSMISSION FLUIDTO SERVICE VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH TORQSHIFT TRANSMISSIONS. WHEN ADDING OR REPLACING TRANSMISSION FLUID IN A VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH A TORQSHIFT TRANSMISSION, USE MERCON LV TRANSMISSION FLUID. <!-- / message --><!-- sig -->
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>Fert</o>here is the last ssm
SSM 21114 - REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION FLUID FOR SERVICING TORQSHIFT TRANSMISSIONS
ALL 2003-2008 F-SUPER DUTY, 2003-2005 EXCURSION, 2004-2008 E-SERIES AND 2006-2008 LCF VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A TORQSHIFT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS SHOULD BE SERVICED WITH MERCON LV AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID IN PLACE OF MERCON SP. THIS INCLUDES TOP OFF AS WELL AS FLUID REPLACEMENT. MIXING MERCON LV AND MERCON SP IN THE TORQSHIFT TRANSMISSION IS ACCEPTABLE. USE MERCON LV TRANSMISSION FLUIDTO SERVICE VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH TORQSHIFT TRANSMISSIONS. WHEN ADDING OR REPLACING TRANSMISSION FLUID IN A VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH A TORQSHIFT TRANSMISSION, USE MERCON LV TRANSMISSION FLUID.
and here is the chart
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I saw that thread on the other forum, and last time I checked there was no actual source that was posted. And the OP's description suggested that it only was harmful to 6-speed automatics, which were never put behind the 6.4L engine.
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Exactly! Could not have said it better my self but the new 6 speed uses XT-10-QLVC and that is Mercon LV period
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