Changing the transmission filter
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Dealership discounts can be all over the place. When my facility sourced everything from one dealer we all used to get great discounts, but the dealership dropped hundreds of dollars of parts almost every day. Plus we had them do the service work that would disrupt our workload.
My one local dealer discounts nothing. And minimal discounts for shops. It's amazing to me but the parts managers outlook is profit vs same profit with high volume trnover. And it's not like there is not a lot of competition. There are 6, maybe 7 dealerships in a 20 minute radius.
But it up to the parts manager. Don't like the price, go elsewhere. No dealer has to discount.
My one local dealer discounts nothing. And minimal discounts for shops. It's amazing to me but the parts managers outlook is profit vs same profit with high volume trnover. And it's not like there is not a lot of competition. There are 6, maybe 7 dealerships in a 20 minute radius.
But it up to the parts manager. Don't like the price, go elsewhere. No dealer has to discount.
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Go back to the link I posted a couple times here and look at those picts and imagine the outside view and you will see what I mean...
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I would agree with you Chris.
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SniperVision: '07 or earlier...
see how the deep area narrows as it goes towards the right? Look at the pictures I posted, the early ones do that the '08+ does not...
On edit: I also noticed, when I went back and looked at the picts., the Ford logo is stamped in the sump area of the '08+ pan, versus off to the side in the earlier one...
see how the deep area narrows as it goes towards the right? Look at the pictures I posted, the early ones do that the '08+ does not...
On edit: I also noticed, when I went back and looked at the picts., the Ford logo is stamped in the sump area of the '08+ pan, versus off to the side in the earlier one...
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Got my new 6.4 pan and filter installed yesterday....piece of cake! At 77 years, if I can do it, anyone can! Just takes me longer to do things, but dang! I CAN still do it!
I left the by-pass filter alone. It ain't gonna hurt anything there.
I left the by-pass filter alone. It ain't gonna hurt anything there.
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Way to go Bud. You deserve a piece of cake now!
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No cake...but I will have a rum and coke!
I did find out one thing when I dropped the pan..... I never could look at the dipstick and REALLY tell what it told me as it was only viewable when NOT running. When I I installed the new filter, I saw that the bottom of the dipstick was rubbing on other parts of the tranny inside. While running, the stick always had so much fluid on it I couldn't read it 'cause it was all wet! EVEN IF LOW!
As I couldn't figure out what to do about it, I will continue to read it after it sits for a while and read it while NOT running and in PARK. I figure as long as I can see it on the bottom of the stick, I'm OK. I think I remember if reading it while the engine is OFF... if the fluid is at the lower section of the cross-hatch, it is OK. Comments????
I did find out one thing when I dropped the pan..... I never could look at the dipstick and REALLY tell what it told me as it was only viewable when NOT running. When I I installed the new filter, I saw that the bottom of the dipstick was rubbing on other parts of the tranny inside. While running, the stick always had so much fluid on it I couldn't read it 'cause it was all wet! EVEN IF LOW!
As I couldn't figure out what to do about it, I will continue to read it after it sits for a while and read it while NOT running and in PARK. I figure as long as I can see it on the bottom of the stick, I'm OK. I think I remember if reading it while the engine is OFF... if the fluid is at the lower section of the cross-hatch, it is OK. Comments????
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No cake...but I will have a rum and coke!
I did find out one thing when I dropped the pan..... I never could look at the dipstick and REALLY tell what it told me as it was only viewable when NOT running. When I I installed the new filter, I saw that the bottom of the dipstick was rubbing on other parts of the tranny inside. While running, the stick always had so much fluid on it I couldn't read it 'cause it was all wet! EVEN IF LOW!
As I couldn't figure out what to do about it, I will continue to read it after it sits for a while and read it while NOT running and in PARK. I figure as long as I can see it on the bottom of the stick, I'm OK. I think I remember if reading it while the engine is OFF... if the fluid is at the lower section of the cross-hatch, it is OK. Comments????
I did find out one thing when I dropped the pan..... I never could look at the dipstick and REALLY tell what it told me as it was only viewable when NOT running. When I I installed the new filter, I saw that the bottom of the dipstick was rubbing on other parts of the tranny inside. While running, the stick always had so much fluid on it I couldn't read it 'cause it was all wet! EVEN IF LOW!
As I couldn't figure out what to do about it, I will continue to read it after it sits for a while and read it while NOT running and in PARK. I figure as long as I can see it on the bottom of the stick, I'm OK. I think I remember if reading it while the engine is OFF... if the fluid is at the lower section of the cross-hatch, it is OK. Comments????
Good Job!!!
Now go enjoy that Rum and Coke! 
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SniperVision: '07 or earlier...
see how the deep area narrows as it goes towards the right? Look at the pictures I posted, the early ones do that the '08+ does not...
On edit: I also noticed, when I went back and looked at the picts., the Ford logo is stamped in the sump area of the '08+ pan, versus off to the side in the earlier one...
see how the deep area narrows as it goes towards the right? Look at the pictures I posted, the early ones do that the '08+ does not...
On edit: I also noticed, when I went back and looked at the picts., the Ford logo is stamped in the sump area of the '08+ pan, versus off to the side in the earlier one...
Thx!
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