what tranny do i have?
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what tranny do i have?
Ive got a '95 f350 PSD Crewcab SRW Long bed. What trans does that come with? What kind of reputation does that tranny have for pulling heavy loads? Does it come with an adequate tranny cooler. Im pulling a 31' camper for an 18 hour pull one way. Any info would be appreciated.
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what tranny do i have?
If auto? it is a E4OD
Get a better cooler and a Banks Engineering "TRANS-COMMAND" controller.
If manual? it is a ZF,
Clutch sets are not cheap
been there, done that, on both choices
best of luck
>Ive got a '95 f350 PSD
>Crewcab SRW Long bed.
>What trans does that come
>with? What kind of
>reputation does that tranny have
>for pulling heavy loads?
>Does it come with an
>adequate tranny cooler. Im
>pulling a 31' camper for
>an 18 hour pull one
>way. Any info would
>be appreciated.
Get a better cooler and a Banks Engineering "TRANS-COMMAND" controller.
If manual? it is a ZF,
Clutch sets are not cheap
been there, done that, on both choices
best of luck
>Ive got a '95 f350 PSD
>Crewcab SRW Long bed.
>What trans does that come
>with? What kind of
>reputation does that tranny have
>for pulling heavy loads?
>Does it come with an
>adequate tranny cooler. Im
>pulling a 31' camper for
>an 18 hour pull one
>way. Any info would
>be appreciated.
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what tranny do i have?
I have a 94 F250 E4OD 4x4 supercab, 460, very similar to an F350 but a bit lighter capacity. I easily pull a 30 foot trailer with a dry weight of 8,000 and I am sure on my trip to So Cal from Oregon in July, through mountains, deserts etc, I was probably well past that weightload.
My truck is stock and has the factory tranny cooler. I did have a rebuild of the tranny done a year before, due to my mistake which pushed it over the edge, low fluid if ya want to know, doh. While talking with the shop owner he said the areas of weakness on the E4OD were the Torque Converter(Also mentioned in Trailer Magazine a few years back), and the pump. He said that the stock cooler was plenty for my application including towing the above trailer. It has been 16k Miles since rebuild and so far so good.
The rebuild included a redesigned TC, better clutches, high volume pump, a shift kit and one otr two minor items.
The Torque Converters supposedly had a weak weld spot on the engine side which caused it to eventually give classic torque shudder which leads to overheating which makes the seals brittle and on and on.
I am personally kind of a "Bigger the cooler the better" kind of person so it probably wouldn't hurt to put one one, the only caveat is that if you live in cold country, if you over cool the tranny it will shift poorly until it is warmed up, could take quite awhile. You might consider a temp gauge for the tranny if you are concerned, Perma cool makes some and includes one with their remote ATF filter, kind of like a spinon oil filter for the tranny. BTW the tranny guy said he doesn't recommend the extra filter because it mtends to give people a false sense of safety so they don't maintain the tranny as they should.
One comment when towing heavy loads especially during hot(100 degree) weather... When you stop for a break or gas or whatever, I highly recommend you let the engine idle for a few minutes, otherwise, it is my experience that the radiator may overflow on an immediate shut down. This is caused by the heat built up in the block not having any place to go once the water and air are not circulating.
Hope this helps,
Jim Henderson
My truck is stock and has the factory tranny cooler. I did have a rebuild of the tranny done a year before, due to my mistake which pushed it over the edge, low fluid if ya want to know, doh. While talking with the shop owner he said the areas of weakness on the E4OD were the Torque Converter(Also mentioned in Trailer Magazine a few years back), and the pump. He said that the stock cooler was plenty for my application including towing the above trailer. It has been 16k Miles since rebuild and so far so good.
The rebuild included a redesigned TC, better clutches, high volume pump, a shift kit and one otr two minor items.
The Torque Converters supposedly had a weak weld spot on the engine side which caused it to eventually give classic torque shudder which leads to overheating which makes the seals brittle and on and on.
I am personally kind of a "Bigger the cooler the better" kind of person so it probably wouldn't hurt to put one one, the only caveat is that if you live in cold country, if you over cool the tranny it will shift poorly until it is warmed up, could take quite awhile. You might consider a temp gauge for the tranny if you are concerned, Perma cool makes some and includes one with their remote ATF filter, kind of like a spinon oil filter for the tranny. BTW the tranny guy said he doesn't recommend the extra filter because it mtends to give people a false sense of safety so they don't maintain the tranny as they should.
One comment when towing heavy loads especially during hot(100 degree) weather... When you stop for a break or gas or whatever, I highly recommend you let the engine idle for a few minutes, otherwise, it is my experience that the radiator may overflow on an immediate shut down. This is caused by the heat built up in the block not having any place to go once the water and air are not circulating.
Hope this helps,
Jim Henderson
