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Aug 24, 2006 | 02:42 PM

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Toreador_Diesel

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Originally Posted by BerkshireCoverit

....Cost kind of high i thought at $2,300.00 but so far so good.

Try spending $3800 at the dealer to have your tranny replaced. Doesn't sit very well, at all. Still doesn't sit well with me since I should have gone aftermarket.

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Originally Posted by AKDieselMan

Question is what can we do to make them last longer without getting a BTS or ATS?

A shift kit and a stronger BTS or ATS torque converter seem to keep the stock ones together better, longer. You'll also spend half the money you would on an aftermarket.

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Originally Posted by redbull660

Not to get off of the subject, but I run the superchips micro tuner on the lowest setting, 70 hp. I wonder if these are increasing the oil pressure in the tranny causing the seals to leak.

Increasing the line pressure is actually supposed to help the tranny cope with the increase in power. Electronically increasing the pressure will do for the time being, but it's always better to get a shift kit and have whichever performance company adjust their program accordgingly. However, that may have been the cause of the seals. When I had my reman installed, they told me there was no break-in period, but I think otherwise. Then I towed a couple things and they had to rebuild it within a month and a half. Since the rebuild, it's held up and hasn't done anything strange.

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Originally Posted by Highmark18

Interesting, mine had the exact same thing happen, front seal went out and had to be replaced, cost me 531.00. Mine had a rebuilt put in it at 31,000 miles, and now has 94,000 miles on it. Kinda BS if you ask me, putting in a tranny that cannot handle the load the truck was meant to pull.

Consider yourself lucky, mine blew and would have cost me $1200 had it not been under warranty. Everyday I kick myself and wish I had gone with a BTS instead of a Ford reman. A better warranty and a much better tranny, you really can't go wrong.