So long Transmission...

[msb71]

Took my truck in this morning to get the shaking fixed that has been going on for the last 3 weeks ,posted a thread about it here:
http://www.fordtruckfanatics.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4993
Bring you up to speed , I replaced the last 2 u-joints on the shaft , not the one by the tranny , in hopes that would fix the problem , but no dice , shaking was still there.
Got a call about 4pm , telling me my Tranny is going south in a hurry, gonna get it rebuilt or get another rebuilt one put in. I trust my mechanic he hasn't let me down so far , hoping to get it back soon. The Tranny has 186K on it ,so it has lived a good life , far more than most have ( E4OD).
RIP tranny

 

[Skandocious]

Whoa crap! I wonder if the shift kit had anything to do with it, or a mistake made by the installers... Wasn't it perfectly healthy before?

 

[msb71]

My guy said the shift kit has nothing to do with it, just it's time to leave this world.

 

[Mr. Stroker]

aaaaaaaaa man sorry to hear buddy. Hope it can get fixed right and you can be back to drivin it again.

 

[TheRoadVirus]

So are you planning on re-installing the shift kit, or no? Sorry to hear about the bad luck, it happens.

 

[msb71]

Yes , the shift kit is gonna go into the new transmission, it'll help over the long run.

 

[TheRoadVirus]

Just double checkin'.

 

[crysann]

The Tranny has 186K on it ,so it has lived a good life , far more than most have ( E4OD).

Mike please don't tell me this my poor truck has 153500 on her, I know the E4OD is a complicated mess, but I didn't realize that 186K was a long life span.

 

[andym]

186k is at the top end of the life expectancy of an E4OD.

Mine has 137k on it... and it's one of the early, failure-prone ones. So far so good, but it won't be too long before it goes.

 

[msb71]

Mike please don't tell me this my poor truck has 153500 on her, I know the E4OD is a complicated mess, but I didn't realize that 186K was a long life span.

You might get lucky , some have lived to 235K and beyond, only time will tell. Thing to do is change fluid every 50K and the filter as well is what I was told.

 

[Lost]

I hate to say it but every 100000 miles e4od I have tried to change the fluid or have shift kit put in has died on me. Any more if the tranny has 120000 The average for these according to tranny shop for my very hilly area. . And has not had fluid filter change I just run it .

I went through 4 in a 3 year period . Lawsuit and $7500 later I got a good tranny . Well one that has lasted 20000 miles so far.

 

[TheRoadVirus]

Jeez, for less than $7,500 you could've put a C6 with a gear vendors OD behind that thing.. Crappy how that works.