How to purposefully ruin an automatic tranny?
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Abuse it all you want, But any trans guy can tell if it was abused or not, I know I could . But if the dealer can't replicate, take it to another one, ask for the latest calibrations, have the trans flushed. There are lots of options, trust me if the truck comes in on the hook and the trans is bad, the dealer will look right for signs of abuse, rubber in the fender wells, glazed clutches, lack of maintenance, etc. Don't tear out a good trans because the owner can't read his manual and do the reccommended preventitve maintenance.
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Originally Posted by joshmac4.6
Abuse it all you want, But any trans guy can tell if it was abused or not, I know I could . But if the dealer can't replicate, take it to another one, ask for the latest calibrations, have the trans flushed. There are lots of options, trust me if the truck comes in on the hook and the trans is bad, the dealer will look right for signs of abuse, rubber in the fender wells, glazed clutches, lack of maintenance, etc. Don't tear out a good trans because the owner can't read his manual and do the reccommended preventitve maintenance.
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Originally Posted by bamorris2
Ok, so what is the internal difference (what a tech can see) between a trans that goes out due to manufacturer defect, and one that goes out due to abuse?
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Originally Posted by joshmac4.6
Abuse it all you want, But any trans guy can tell if it was abused or not, I know I could . But if the dealer can't replicate, take it to another one, ask for the latest calibrations, have the trans flushed. There are lots of options, trust me if the truck comes in on the hook and the trans is bad, the dealer will look right for signs of abuse, rubber in the fender wells, glazed clutches, lack of maintenance, etc. Don't tear out a good trans because the owner can't read his manual and do the reccommended preventitve maintenance.
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Yeah I agree keith, I was with my buddy in his car (96 Chevy lumina) and he accidently knocked it into reverse going about 40 down the road and all it did was kill the engine, we coasted to a stop beside the road, he put it in Park and restarted and drove away. No harm done at all. He thought sure as heck the tranny would have been laying in the road!
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The easiest way to kill a Ford transmission is to hook up a heavy trailer and do a lot of stop and go driving or drive over hills with the transmission in second gear. If you manually shift the transmission into 2nd gear the transmission will not use 1st gear which will burn up a tranny if you are towing.
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there are plenty of ways neutral drops are one but would be to obvious
put a vice grip on the rubber trans cooler line and drain about 1/2 the fluid and do some sprinted driving and or heavy towing then when it goes out remove the vise grip and fill the trans full again but use the used fluid that you drained so to not look like you just added new stuff that might do the trick
put a vice grip on the rubber trans cooler line and drain about 1/2 the fluid and do some sprinted driving and or heavy towing then when it goes out remove the vise grip and fill the trans full again but use the used fluid that you drained so to not look like you just added new stuff that might do the trick