Tranny help!
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Tranny help!
Hey I've noticed that my transmission after a good 2 hours or more of driving in 4th and i need to downshift to 3rd, it will slip. It's really really rare that this happens but I want to figure out if a fluid change will help this. I added fluid because it was low(because the seal between the shaft and tranny is bad). I haven't been driving long enough periods to see if this fixed it.
It's a 1993 F150 Flareside with 155k miles. When I test drove it, the fluid color looked fine, smelled ok and wasn't dark at all. So I'm not sure. I'm going to try and get a flush and my brothers shop as soon as I quit working 50+ hours a week.
It's a 1993 F150 Flareside with 155k miles. When I test drove it, the fluid color looked fine, smelled ok and wasn't dark at all. So I'm not sure. I'm going to try and get a flush and my brothers shop as soon as I quit working 50+ hours a week.
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I believe the tranny is the AOD because it says "Ford" with "Automatic Overdrive" in cursive on the pan.
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Bolt number is irrelevant. Both the AOD and AODE use a 14 bolt pan....If it is indeed a 14 bolt pan does it have an OD button on the end of the shifter? If it's an AOD, it will have OD D 2 1 on the dash.
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The picture you just posted shows that bolt number is not irrelevant. I don't know why you said that it was.
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I said the bolt number is irrelevant because both the AOD and AODE use a 14 bolt pan, but they are NOT the same pan, the bolt placement is slightly different. Hence the reason I asked about the shift layout on the dash. Case in point:
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Ah, believe me I understand....the even rarer few such as me and yourself have the AODE. To the OP, mine will do the same thing sometimes if I've been driving a while or idling for a little while, My only guess is the transmission fluid is heating up. You might want to think about upgrading your cooler. I just need to route mine away from the exhaust pipes.
EDIT: Nice clean truck TexasGuy
EDIT: Nice clean truck TexasGuy
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