Monkeyporn
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Oh ok so if you can find it would you be willing to sell it ? I'm completely fed up with this car Not having a trans dipstick. It's got to the the stupidest thing I've ever seen a car maker do.I’m thinking might have one laying around. I used to have a deep pan but put a regular one back in on my last tranny swap. I don’t think I tossed it.
Oh ok so if you can find it would you be willing to sell it ? I'm completely fed up with this car Not having a trans dipstick. It's got to the the stupidest thing I've ever seen a car maker do.
DINO Those are all great examples of dumb things but right now I'm just focused on one dumb thing and thats my transmission fluid condition. My car has 135K miles on it and I have NO idea if it's EVER been changed or even how much is in there. It shifts fine most of the time but from time to time when I put it in R there a pause of a second to a few seconds say 45 before it shifts. I'd like to address this issue asap by changing the fluid & filter and addressing this dipstick issue so from now on I can see WTF is going on with the transmission without having it turn into a huge circus of getting out jack stands and a floor jack and calling under the car and the Fuckin mess that goes along with the whole shabang. It be so much easier for me to just pop the hood run the car to temp and pull the dipstick like a normal fuckin car.......LOLI've seen Ford do much worse than that with other "brilliant ideas". Two classic examples that cause catastrophic failure of late model engines:
1. "Wet" timing belt inside crankcase. As the belt wears out, debris gets into the crankcase, clogs up the oil pump pick up screen, and later Mr. Rod comes knocking at your door.
2. Water pump mounted inside the crankcase. When the WP leaks, guess what? The oil gets contaminated with coolant and no prizes for guessing what happens next! Yes, it's Mr. Rod knocking at the door again.
A third less severe problem Ford created was the fitment of plastic oil pans, all in the name of cutting production costs, as these have a tendency to leak. Just ask Ecoboost owners how big a PITA that is!
Another stupid power-robbing idea Ford came up with was the fitment of hydrocarbon traps inside the air box lid outlet pipe to solve a non-existent emissions problem. Pull those suckers out!
Some carmakers have done away with engine oil dipsticks and rely on oil level sensors to alert the driver instead. If that sensor fails (and they do), guess what? The oil level could be low and you wouldn't even know about it until, you've guessed it, Mr. Rod comes knocking at your door.
Another example is many modern cars no longer being fitted with coolant temperature gauges. Now the driver only has an idiot warning light to alert them that the engine's already overheated rather than having a gauge to give them an earlier warning of an impending overheat. The result? Engine cooked and new engine needed.
I get the impression some carmakers deliberately engineer their engines (and automatic transmissions) to conveniently fail just after the warranty period has expired in order to make them uneconomical to repair and force customers to buy new cars.
They've gone beyond planned obsolescence now to planned failure.
Be forewarned... the draining of the old fluid and refilling with fresh clean fluid might make the transmission start to slip.
I don't think 135K is high enough to cause this, but just wanted to let you know.
Yeah I've heard and read that doing the flush will damage the trans but I plan on just draining the fluid from the pan, I won't be able to get the fluid out of the trans or the torque converter so I'm expecting about 4.5qt to come out.Be forewarned... the draining of the old fluid and refilling with fresh clean fluid might make the transmission start to slip.
I don't think 135K is high enough to cause this, but just wanted to let you know.
My car shifts fine except for Reverse with takes a second from time to time. I wish I could change ALL the old fluid with new but without doing a flush I don't known how I'd accomplish that. I'm sure the viscosity of my transmission fluid is mostly gone at this point after 135K miles so I think fresh fluid would help the car out likewise I'm sure the filter needs changing.Got a point here. I changed out my auto trans fluid at 120K. Car used to shift smartly (w/authority). Now shifts are softer and reverse may take a few seconds to engage now and then. Otherwise okay but I do miss the more aggressive shifts. Likely due to changing out the old fluid (w/a certain amount of debris in it) and replacing it with clean. You can always top it off at the dealer if you're worried it might be low. Regarding the trickflow pan it's much deeper compared to a stock pan so might cause clearance issues if your car is lowered. I was going to install one but after measuring determined I'd only have about 3" clearance to the ground so decided against it. Not looking to high side on a speed bump.