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Oct 22, 2006 | 05:19 AM

maa139

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Tranny question

My tranny is starting to slip a little when shifting. It's more noticable when the vechicle is at operating temp. I assume that the bands are what's causing the slipping. The quesiton that I have is can the bands be replaced without doing a complete rebuild, and can this be done with the tranny in the truck? This is a 94 XLT with an auto tranny. I also pulled a vacum line off of the vacum tree and there wasn't any fluid, so the modulator should be okay.

Thanks in advance.

Matt

Oct 22, 2006 | 08:54 PM

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At least a partial disassembly is required to replace the bands.. and if you're going to go through all that expense, you might as well have the whole thing redone.

Oct 23, 2006 | 03:06 PM

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That's what I thought....thanks for the reply.

Matt

Oct 23, 2006 | 03:14 PM

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When was the last time you changed your transmission fluid?

Oct 24, 2006 | 08:18 AM

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About an hour from now....

Oct 24, 2006 | 09:44 PM

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Just had my 98 tranny rebuilt for the second time.... thanks Ford (never again).

Oct 25, 2006 | 03:33 PM

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changed the fluid and filter and no real difference. Here's a little more detail on my problem. When hot and accelerating moderately to hard, it slips from 1-2 and from 2-3. Hard acceleration will also slip. It's not to bad yet, but I'm going to be proactive and have it checked sooner rather than later.

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Originally Posted by headshrink

Just had my 98 tranny rebuilt for the second time.... thanks Ford (never again).

If you don't mind my asking, who rebuilt it for you? Ford or a local shop? Also, what was the cost?

Thanks.

Matt