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Guidance with Ford Corporate, bad transmission?
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<blockquote data-quote="smurfslayer" data-source="post: 1276684" data-attributes="member: 21926"><p>I’ve built several motors; well, rebuilt would be more precise, mostly for the purpose of going faster, but a couple just to repair. Carbs have always stymied me. i understand them fine, but manage to find a way to bungle up messing with them. Transmissions used to also baffle me early on, but in my misspent youth a friend of a friend offered to help me out, rebuilding a GM TH400 in an hour and most of that hour was spent jawing my buddy and me. I was really kind of surprised how fast he did it and figured, it’ll never work. It did work, flawlessly. </p><p></p><p>Mechanically, auto transmissions aren’t rocket science. They’re not idiot proof, but rebuilding may get you underway faster and be just as viable as a new or remanufactured unit. </p><p></p><p>Unless you overheated the trans significantly and held the temp there for an extended period of time, what exactly will a new, versus rebuilt transmission get you? </p><p></p><p>The repair is already going show on carfax, regardless of whether you get a new or rebuilt trans. </p><p></p><p>A “new” unit will have the same parts, fewer wear miles on them, new case, etc. </p><p></p><p>The rebuild of your current unit will get you new v/b, some new gears, and use the existing other parts. They’re going to blast out debris from the old unit.</p><p></p><p>I think you’re certainly right to be disappointed, but insisting they replace the whole transmission I think is achievable, but with such a limited potential return on investment as to not be worth it. You’re still covered by the factory warranty, extended if you already bought it; and that is unchanged if they rebuild your trans or replace it. </p><p></p><p>Legally, they’re not obligated to replace the transmission if they identify less expensive failed components. If there is any doubt, they should replace the transmission, though likely they won’t. </p><p></p><p>I’m not clear on whether the dealer returned the truck to you and you had to bring it back, or, if the dealer replaced the valve body and found that didn’t fix it. if it’s the former, I’d have lower confidence in the diagnosis. If it’s the latter and they caught it before returning to you, I’d at least feel more confident about that part of it. </p><p></p><p>I think if I had confidence in the shop and diagnosis, I’d go for the rebuild, but if they sent me home and I had to come back -no, I gave them a repair attempt I’m not playing the “sure, you can let your trainees and tire monkeys work on my truck” game. </p><p></p><p>I hope this helps.</p><p>And welcome to FRF. Normally I’d quip - pics, or it never happened but under the circumstances...</p><p></p><p>good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smurfslayer, post: 1276684, member: 21926"] I’ve built several motors; well, rebuilt would be more precise, mostly for the purpose of going faster, but a couple just to repair. Carbs have always stymied me. i understand them fine, but manage to find a way to bungle up messing with them. Transmissions used to also baffle me early on, but in my misspent youth a friend of a friend offered to help me out, rebuilding a GM TH400 in an hour and most of that hour was spent jawing my buddy and me. I was really kind of surprised how fast he did it and figured, it’ll never work. It did work, flawlessly. Mechanically, auto transmissions aren’t rocket science. They’re not idiot proof, but rebuilding may get you underway faster and be just as viable as a new or remanufactured unit. Unless you overheated the trans significantly and held the temp there for an extended period of time, what exactly will a new, versus rebuilt transmission get you? The repair is already going show on carfax, regardless of whether you get a new or rebuilt trans. A “new” unit will have the same parts, fewer wear miles on them, new case, etc. The rebuild of your current unit will get you new v/b, some new gears, and use the existing other parts. They’re going to blast out debris from the old unit. I think you’re certainly right to be disappointed, but insisting they replace the whole transmission I think is achievable, but with such a limited potential return on investment as to not be worth it. You’re still covered by the factory warranty, extended if you already bought it; and that is unchanged if they rebuild your trans or replace it. Legally, they’re not obligated to replace the transmission if they identify less expensive failed components. If there is any doubt, they should replace the transmission, though likely they won’t. I’m not clear on whether the dealer returned the truck to you and you had to bring it back, or, if the dealer replaced the valve body and found that didn’t fix it. if it’s the former, I’d have lower confidence in the diagnosis. If it’s the latter and they caught it before returning to you, I’d at least feel more confident about that part of it. I think if I had confidence in the shop and diagnosis, I’d go for the rebuild, but if they sent me home and I had to come back -no, I gave them a repair attempt I’m not playing the “sure, you can let your trainees and tire monkeys work on my truck” game. I hope this helps. And welcome to FRF. Normally I’d quip - pics, or it never happened but under the circumstances... good luck! [/QUOTE]
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