Transmission Troubles
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Transmission Troubles
The 2000 had a tranny that died last week. The truck started making a weird whirring noise and shifting late/hard. It wouldn't go into overdrive sometimes and once I did get it into OD on the way to the shop the RPMs started jumping around. They couldn't even pull it into the shop it was slipping so bad. I had it towed to a guy that I know that is very familiar with the 4R100 transmissions and he took a look at it last night. It turns out the pump took a dump on it. He has only seen this 5 or 6 times and it was usually in plow trucks. It was a factory defect with the gear not being hardened enough. I found a re manufactured transmission on ebay for $1,200 with free shipping and no core. I talked to the guy selling the transmission and he seems pretty legit so I have a transmission on the way. This sucks seeing as I change the fluid every 30k and we take good care of the truck. Oh well. This new one has a 3yr, 100k mile parts AND labor warranty.
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The 2000 had a tranny that died last week. The truck started making a weird whirring noise and shifting late/hard. It wouldn't go into overdrive sometimes and once I did get it into OD on the way to the shop the RPMs started jumping around. They couldn't even pull it into the shop it was slipping so bad. I had it towed to a guy that I know that is very familiar with the 4R100 transmissions and he took a look at it last night. It turns out the pump took a dump on it. He has only seen this 5 or 6 times and it was usually in plow trucks. It was a factory defect with the gear not being hardened enough. I found a re manufactured transmission on ebay for $1,200 with free shipping and no core. I talked to the guy selling the transmission and he seems pretty legit so I have a transmission on the way. This sucks seeing as I change the fluid every 30k and we take good care of the truck. Oh well. This new one has a 3yr, 100k mile parts AND labor warranty.
By the way, how many miles did you get out of the original tranny?
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I had 107k on the truck. This is the link to the tranny I bought. I'll let you guys know how it all plays out. 4R100 FORD TRUCK TRANSMISSION 4WD 2WD GAS:eBay Motors (item 280326150584 end time May-11-09 13:01:28 PDT)
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I had 107k on the truck. This is the link to the tranny I bought. I'll let you guys know how it all plays out. 4R100 FORD TRUCK TRANSMISSION 4WD 2WD GAS:eBay Motors (item 280326150584 end time May-11-09 13:01:28 PDT)
Thanks Chris.
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I had been looking at that place as a possible location to replace my current tranny. I wonder if they replace all hard parts in their rebuilds rather than just the seals. It would be great if you could do a follow up after you install the tranny to let us know how it went.
Thanks Chris.
Thanks Chris.
JL
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The truck is finally on the road again. The transmission showed up last Tuesday and I was less than impressed with their shipping times and packaging of the transmission. The pallet almost fell apart when I pulled it off of the truck with the forklift. The torque converter came on Wednesday. It was a Precision converter. My guy got the tranny put back in on Sunday and I picked it up. Everything seems to be good so far but only time will tell. Tim said that they never put the tranny on a dyno and only did an air test as there was no fluid in it when he installed it. I'll let you guys know if anything doesn't work out.
