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Mercon LV and SP
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Mercon LV and SP
I picked up a case of Mercon SP at my dealer yesterday and was told by the parts manager that a service bulletin came out just recently stating that the Mercon LV can be used in all torqshift transmissions. The price is the same which came out to $4.61 per qt.
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Ford Special Service Message 21114
REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION FLUID FOR SERVICING TORQSHIFT TRANSMISSIONS
ALL 2003-2008 F-SUPER DUTY, 2003-2005 EXCURSION, 2004-2008 E-SERIES AND 2006-2008 LCF VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A TORQSHIFT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS SHOULD BE SERVICED WITH MERCON LV AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID IN PLACE OF MERCON SP. THIS INCLUDES TOP OFF AS WELL AS FLUID REPLACEMENT. MIXING MERCON LV AND MERCON SP IN THE TORQSHIFT TRANSMISSION IS ACCEPTABLE. USE MERCON LV TRANSMISSION FLUID TO SERVICE VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH TORQSHIFT TRANSMISSIONS. WHEN ADDING OR REPLACING TRANSMISSION FLUID IN A VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH A TORQSHIFT TRANSMISSION, USE MERCON LV TRANSMISSION FLUID.
EFFECTIVE DATE: 11/26/2009
REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION FLUID FOR SERVICING TORQSHIFT TRANSMISSIONS
ALL 2003-2008 F-SUPER DUTY, 2003-2005 EXCURSION, 2004-2008 E-SERIES AND 2006-2008 LCF VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A TORQSHIFT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS SHOULD BE SERVICED WITH MERCON LV AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID IN PLACE OF MERCON SP. THIS INCLUDES TOP OFF AS WELL AS FLUID REPLACEMENT. MIXING MERCON LV AND MERCON SP IN THE TORQSHIFT TRANSMISSION IS ACCEPTABLE. USE MERCON LV TRANSMISSION FLUID TO SERVICE VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH TORQSHIFT TRANSMISSIONS. WHEN ADDING OR REPLACING TRANSMISSION FLUID IN A VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH A TORQSHIFT TRANSMISSION, USE MERCON LV TRANSMISSION FLUID.
EFFECTIVE DATE: 11/26/2009
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Dealer said the SP will be phased out while the LV is being stocked. It's also used in a few Ford cars besides the trucks.
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I gave up drinking the SP Kool-Aide 25,000 miles ago.
Got 25,000 miles on Royal Purple SYNTHETIC ATF with no issues. I have not noticed any TS performance degradation since I installed the RP. It performs as good or or maybe even better then SP. Pulled pan down after 15,000 miles to make sure the clutch material was not in the bottom of the pan as some implied would happen. Pan was clean. Fluid looks like it did 25,000 miles ago. Plan on running it until it starts to darken or I get to 100,000 miles, whichever comes first.
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Both fluids are compatible in the torqshift SP and LV you can mix and match as per Ford. From what I read back in the summer Ford will be using LV in more of their auto transmissions.