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I pulled everything out of the way to get the radiator out of the 5.4. Radiator arrives Thursday.
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I didnt read much of this post. My 6.0 had a squeal a few years ago couldn't figure it out, some how decided to check out the manifolds... passenger side one was JUST loose enough that the gasket was whistling,,, like a piece of grass between your fingers i guess,
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I don't know if it will make 2M miles. Probably at 1M he'll be pulling it home with the 6.0 .......
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Expy = Expedition (see sig.). Since the manual calls for the plugs to be changed at 100K or so, it is possible they weren't - problems are plugs seizing and screw up threads removing, but I think that really was a 3V issue, the 2V was plug blow-out. In both cases anti-seize on the threads of the new plugs (lots of controversy here, but the high mile guys do it...). The 4R100 is a stout trans and you can drain the torque converter, so not much need for a flush. Switch it over to Mercon V if you get it (Maxlife is my choice).
Since your 6.0 is a known to you and you have the leak down (squeal), why do you need a second van? Don't trust number one anymore? Too much cost to run? Then switch... But you gotta' do all the camping mods still...
Since your 6.0 is a known to you and you have the leak down (squeal), why do you need a second van? Don't trust number one anymore? Too much cost to run? Then switch... But you gotta' do all the camping mods still...
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Can you enlighten me on MaxLife ATF? I am getting ready for the MARK K flush. Post the reply here or the Van Forum. I started that thread.
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Is this for the new guy 4R100? or the TorqShift? imo, you don't need to flush the former and on the latter only if it has foul trans fluid in it. Our 4R100 had a drain for the Torque converter - so there isn't that much left to flush. But your question was on Maxlife: Folks have used this with success in the Torqshift. However it is also a full synthetic that can be used for Mercon V applications. I have been switching everything I own that calls for Dexron or Mercon V over to Maxlife (haven't done the 5R100 yet). Valvoline makes a conventional oil base stock Mercon V, but I'm going to use the synth fluid...
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There is a cover on the bell housing and you rotate the torque converter around 'til you get to the drain plug, that's how you drain the Torque Converter. You'll still have some fluid in the cooler and places in the Trans, but that is the bulk of it, there and the sump. I only did that and a trans filter at 20K or so, since then I do dump and fills (6qts) every 10-15K miles: red fluid out and red fluid in - Expy tows 80% of the time...
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I think there is only one Maxlife ATF, but don't quote me: it's the Dex/Merc full synthetic. It is the one that is LV compatible, but also Merc V -- last time I was in Wallmart I bought enough to do a dump and fill on the 4R100, put it in the power steering. It is already in my older Toyota/Auto and PS which is a Dex guy, and works great.
There is a cover on the bell housing and you rotate the torque converter around 'til you get to the drain plug, that's how you drain the Torque Converter. You'll still have some fluid in the cooler and places in the Trans, but that is the bulk of it, there and the sump. I only did that and a trans filter at 20K or so, since then I do dump and fills (6qts) every 10-15K miles: red fluid out and red fluid in - Expy tows 80% of the time...
There is a cover on the bell housing and you rotate the torque converter around 'til you get to the drain plug, that's how you drain the Torque Converter. You'll still have some fluid in the cooler and places in the Trans, but that is the bulk of it, there and the sump. I only did that and a trans filter at 20K or so, since then I do dump and fills (6qts) every 10-15K miles: red fluid out and red fluid in - Expy tows 80% of the time...
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Best of luck...
Scott