transmission(do it your self)
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transmission(do it your self)
If any of you guys tried to change your own trans filer or install a shift kit yourself you will know what im talking about. When they tell you to torque the trans pan bolts to 5-8 ft pounds they mean it! The pan is made of a fairly soft metal and it can easliy be warped. Even if its like 13 pounds it will warp the pan! Also don't use those garbage advanced auto or pep boys gaskets that come with the new filter they might work once out of 50 but for the most part they suck. Take the time and clean off the Ford OEM reuseable gasket or if some idiot at the last shop it was at over torqued the pan and warped the hell out of it and installed some garbage cork one to put a band aid on the problemm instead of odering a new pan. Trust me on this after draining my trans FOUR TIMES! in 20 degree weather I have learned my lesson. Use the factory gasket! It is far better enginered and seals the first time.
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I concur with that: the mechanic who just did my tranny service SWORE by the new tranny gaskets. He loved the fact that they are reinforced and reuseable and he can't understand why people are hell-bent to switch them out for something else. He even alluded to the fact that even if the gasket was not reuseable, he'd INSIST that his customer's replace it with an OEM gasket.
And BTW, the "torquing" factor is for real. That is why I paid a professional instead of gambling on doing it myself. Hmmm, let's see: $130 for tranny service, installing Diablo accumulator valve, and changing rear gear oil for Royal Purple 75w-140 vs. gambling on doing it myself, wrecking my tranny and costing me $1000's? No-brainer in my book...
And BTW, the "torquing" factor is for real. That is why I paid a professional instead of gambling on doing it myself. Hmmm, let's see: $130 for tranny service, installing Diablo accumulator valve, and changing rear gear oil for Royal Purple 75w-140 vs. gambling on doing it myself, wrecking my tranny and costing me $1000's? No-brainer in my book...
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I wouldnt consider droping the trans pan a gamble. After all, what are you trying to acomplish draining the old puting a new gsket in and just torqing the bolts properly. Now if I just poured it in and took of for a trip across country without ckecking it again that would be gambling. Dont think just because it says ASE certified on their jacket that they cant do the same common sense mistakes that you or me can do at our jobs too. Yes they do have more"experence" then we do but I've had to fit the bill on to many mistakes made by those guys that "know what their doing".
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Buy a torque wrench for $50 dollars, buy sythetic oil, and do it your self. And pay your self the other $50 that you would have paid the mechanic.
A mechanic is someone with experience working on cars, who can read with maybe a manufacturers "school." Obvioiusly you can read and you have owned your own cars for a while so you are 66% of the way there. It is always interesting to me, that we trust kids out of high school with 3-6 months of aircraft schooling with a book to work on a 60-100 million dollar jet, but most people are too afraid to work on a $20k car....go figure....
A mechanic is someone with experience working on cars, who can read with maybe a manufacturers "school." Obvioiusly you can read and you have owned your own cars for a while so you are 66% of the way there. It is always interesting to me, that we trust kids out of high school with 3-6 months of aircraft schooling with a book to work on a 60-100 million dollar jet, but most people are too afraid to work on a $20k car....go figure....
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To each his own... for the $100 difference b/t me doing it and having a transmission specialist do it, I prefer the liability to rest with them. You go right ahead and do it yourself and I give you kudo's for so doing. I'm not comfortable doing it myself, so I made the decision to have it done by a specialist.
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Transmission Oil cahange
Something else to consider if you don't like the stock whimpy pan is to replace it with an aftermarket one. I put a Mag Hy-Tec pan on my 2000 V10. It is VERY well made, holds about 8 more quarts than the stock unit (better cooling) and has a spot for a temp sensor in case you want to add a temp gauge. The pan is made out of aluminum and has machined cooling fins. It also has a reusable "O" ring for a gasket. They also make a great rear end cover.
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