Flutter fix
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From: Broussard USA
Flutter fix
OK my 01 has 15500 miles on it and just started the flutter thing, 1800 to 2000 rpm at slower speed is wher I here it.
Of course I called the dealer and was told "Well I have never heard of such a thing, we can drive your truck around and see if we can hear it, no those people on the internet you can not beleive them we have no problem w/ flutter"
Well is there a fix this thing is iritating?
Of course I called the dealer and was told "Well I have never heard of such a thing, we can drive your truck around and see if we can hear it, no those people on the internet you can not beleive them we have no problem w/ flutter"
Well is there a fix this thing is iritating?
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Flutter fix
Check this old thread out for the TSB information:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/dcforum/superduty/1111.html
The factory fix is a new, necked-down y-pipe and a computer reflash. The real fix is a Banks Powerpack
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-V10gunner
'00 SD F250 Super Cab XLT, 4X2, 142"WB, 6.8L V10, 4R100, 4.30LS, LT265 tire upgrade, Camper Package, Dark Toreador Red over Silver, Line-X, Husky mud flaps, Snugtop Xtra Vision Cab-high shell, AutoMeter Tranny Temp Gauge, Banks Stinger and TransCommand
https://www.ford-trucks.com/dcforum/superduty/1111.html
The factory fix is a new, necked-down y-pipe and a computer reflash. The real fix is a Banks Powerpack
.-V10gunner
'00 SD F250 Super Cab XLT, 4X2, 142"WB, 6.8L V10, 4R100, 4.30LS, LT265 tire upgrade, Camper Package, Dark Toreador Red over Silver, Line-X, Husky mud flaps, Snugtop Xtra Vision Cab-high shell, AutoMeter Tranny Temp Gauge, Banks Stinger and TransCommand
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Flutter fix
I believe the new y-pipe to fix
the flutter problem was installed on all new trucks sometime during the 2001 model year.
That still doesn't mean that your SD wouldn't like a Banks Powerpack though:P .
-V10gunner
'00 SD F250 Super Cab XLT, 4X2, 142"WB, 6.8L V10, 4R100, 4.30LS, LT265 tire upgrade, Camper Package, Dark Toreador Red over Silver, Line-X, Husky mud flaps, Snugtop Xtra Vision Cab-high shell, AutoMeter Tranny Temp Gauge, Banks Stinger and TransCommand
the flutter problem was installed on all new trucks sometime during the 2001 model year. That still doesn't mean that your SD wouldn't like a Banks Powerpack though:P .
-V10gunner
'00 SD F250 Super Cab XLT, 4X2, 142"WB, 6.8L V10, 4R100, 4.30LS, LT265 tire upgrade, Camper Package, Dark Toreador Red over Silver, Line-X, Husky mud flaps, Snugtop Xtra Vision Cab-high shell, AutoMeter Tranny Temp Gauge, Banks Stinger and TransCommand
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From: Mountaintop USA
Flutter fix
>Have you seen the cost of a power pack? Would a new Y pipe
>made by a muffler shop fix it? I mean the Y pipe that is
>there is a T pipe.
I've seen a couple of posts of guys who have had success installing a new y-pipe from a muffler shop. The torque tube kit by Banks, headers, y-pipe and heatshield can be had from Outlaw for, I believe, 940 or 960.00. This is my plan as soon as I get the bucks together.
>made by a muffler shop fix it? I mean the Y pipe that is
>there is a T pipe.
I've seen a couple of posts of guys who have had success installing a new y-pipe from a muffler shop. The torque tube kit by Banks, headers, y-pipe and heatshield can be had from Outlaw for, I believe, 940 or 960.00. This is my plan as soon as I get the bucks together.
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Flutter fix
I had the same problem with my truck.After the dealer put on the new more restrictive y pipe,all it did was reduce milage and performance and the sound was still there.Now for the good news.I got some info from a guy at ford diesel.com in the gasser section.If you climb under your truck and look between the motor and tranny there is a sheetmetal plate that keeps debris from getting into the torq converter.Take a screw driver and bend it out about a eigth inch.This fixed my flutter problem and many other people.A fix as simple as this doesnt say much for Ford ,does it.Good luck,look at my gallery,you can kinda see the plate in some of the pics. 
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Now I would think this would only mask the sound? Isn't the sound generated inside the pipe? then the mods would seam to mask the sound or at least not transmit it but would not fix it?
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 01-Oct-02 AT 03:10 PM (EST)]Now see you did not say that the first time.
The flutter is fixed thanks a bunch.
Ok FYI the shield is not hitting the converter I looked. What I see is the shield is thin and secured only in 2 places on bottom. This causes the shield to bulge some and at certain RPMs vibrate against the case not the converter.
The flutter is fixed thanks a bunch.
Ok FYI the shield is not hitting the converter I looked. What I see is the shield is thin and secured only in 2 places on bottom. This causes the shield to bulge some and at certain RPMs vibrate against the case not the converter.
