Is 15,000 mi. too soon to change???
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Is 15,000 mi. too soon to change???
I just want to know if I'm being paranoid. I will be taking my truck in to have my 15,000 mi. service.
I want to know if I should, just to be safe, change the tranny filter, oil and torq. converter while I am at it?
I have done primarily city driving, would it be a waste of money???
I want to know if I should, just to be safe, change the tranny filter, oil and torq. converter while I am at it?
I have done primarily city driving, would it be a waste of money???
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#4
Couldn't hurt, I change mine on 15K intervals. One of the first things I do when I get a vehicle is put a shift kit in it and change the fluid. The torque convertors are easy to drain, which gives you a whole lot more clean oil. Might be a good time to switch to synthetics also. It might be overkill but I've never had tranny problems either.
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In the FWIW department:
I'm following the 15K recommendations of one of the transmission's designers -- figuring he should know.
At the first change, I opened up the filter (simple matter of bending/breaking over the metal crimp with a vice-grip) and was pleasantly-surprized with the lack of metal shavings trapped in the seemingly-apt filter.
At the second change, the dealership did not save the filter for me.
At the third change, the filter was again opened -- with even cleaner results.
I baby the truck -- and have only towed approximately 3-500 miles with it (GCW=11500# with normal sized travel trailer) - and am considering the "dilution method" of change (where you suck out as much tranny fluid as you can thru the dipstic tube -- and merely refill with new) on a 6-month basis for an interim period of until 75,000 miles or so -- because the fulid/filter appeared so clean.
I have reservations as to the operation of the torque converter, however (doesn't stay locked up as I would have designed it) -- but I did notice a difference in shifting with each of the oil changes.
Unlike most of the people here on the board, I LIKE the silky-smooth shifting of this transmission -- and shift points are as though I had designed them myself!
I wish you luck -- now wish me luck, too, please.
I'm following the 15K recommendations of one of the transmission's designers -- figuring he should know.
At the first change, I opened up the filter (simple matter of bending/breaking over the metal crimp with a vice-grip) and was pleasantly-surprized with the lack of metal shavings trapped in the seemingly-apt filter.
At the second change, the dealership did not save the filter for me.
At the third change, the filter was again opened -- with even cleaner results.
I baby the truck -- and have only towed approximately 3-500 miles with it (GCW=11500# with normal sized travel trailer) - and am considering the "dilution method" of change (where you suck out as much tranny fluid as you can thru the dipstic tube -- and merely refill with new) on a 6-month basis for an interim period of until 75,000 miles or so -- because the fulid/filter appeared so clean.
I have reservations as to the operation of the torque converter, however (doesn't stay locked up as I would have designed it) -- but I did notice a difference in shifting with each of the oil changes.
Unlike most of the people here on the board, I LIKE the silky-smooth shifting of this transmission -- and shift points are as though I had designed them myself!
I wish you luck -- now wish me luck, too, please.
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#11
According to Baumann Engineering, the 4R70W is the best transmission design that Ford makes and is the future of transmission design:
"The AOD-E/4R70W is the latest and best Ford performance transmission, and in our opinion, represents the foreseeable future of
performance rear-wheel-drive automatic transmission technology."
http://www.baumannengineering.com/aodefund.htm
"The AOD-E/4R70W is the latest and best Ford performance transmission, and in our opinion, represents the foreseeable future of
performance rear-wheel-drive automatic transmission technology."
http://www.baumannengineering.com/aodefund.htm
#12
Originally posted by Y2K 7700 4x4
When Ford re-badged the F-250LD to become the F-150 7700, they put in the 4R70W in most -- mine is one. (ARrrrrrrrrrgh!)
When Ford re-badged the F-250LD to become the F-150 7700, they put in the 4R70W in most -- mine is one. (ARrrrrrrrrrgh!)
when you order an f150 with the 7700 lb gvwr, i thought the 4r100 was thrown in?? when you build the trucks on kbb.com website, that's what comes up. unfortunately, the supercrew doesn't have a heavy payload option and therefore is stuck with the 4r70w...
Last edited by TroyK; 08-12-2002 at 10:32 PM.