Ford Trans Troubles - Dragging in Low and Reverse - 4R70W
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- This 2008 Ford F-150 is dragging in low and reverse gear with a whining sound in neutral. It has a P0731 code. Let's see if we can fix this 4R70 transmission.
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Having spent a solid 4.5 hours yesterday replacing the radiator in my wife's Toyota/Scion, you telling me the Ford took 8 minutes is making me rethink my life choices 😉
Anyone remember replacing a radiator in 45 mins.
1. Remove upper/lower radiator hoses.
2. Remove two trans cooler lines.
3. Remove heater return hose.
4. Fan shroud
5. Two metal hold down brackets.
6. Pull and install new one and done. 45 mims.
I'm sure by now, the engineer who designed the radiator in that Ford has been sacked for making it that essy
@@johnclamshellsp1969 I can name that tune in 40 minutes!
77 Chevy pickup/stick ! No transmission lines!!!!
@@johnclamshellsp1969
I could swap a timing belt in 45 minutes on my old Ranger. 2.3 manual without A/C.
Base model v8 pickups and vans are still not bad.
True but when's the next time your gonna have to do any work on that Toyota vs the Ford bet you will win out in the long run. 😂
Dearth is a scarcity. Plethora is probably a better word. Love your channel
Surfeit is a good fancy word for it too.
'A bunch' would work just fine too
I’m going to have to go with ‘grundle’.
If it’s REALLY a lot, that would be a ‘metric as*-ton’.
Would you say he had a plethora of GMs?
@@Zupdood2 I thought grundle was the layman's term for the perineum?
Have been a Shade Tree Mechanic all my life. It's fun to watch a Pro work, and it humbles me to see how much you know and all the tricks you've learned along the way.. I really enjoy this channel Wes, and having grown up in Illinois in the corn belt I appreciate those time outs to watch a harvest in progress. You do a very nice job and you keep an old man entertained. Thank you.
UK. As soon as I read 'old man' I thought kindred spirit. Vehicle in the shop and design all my working life. No regrets - except when it had to end. Regards.
@@jp-um2fr I'm with you my friend. Just turned 79 and I still try to do the routine maintenance like oil and grease and maybe a headlight, but this old machine gets tired in about an hour or two.
He’s good no doubt but I’m more impressed by us shadetree mechanics that do some of the exact same jobs he does but we don’t have the fancy tools. We improvise with what we got. But I pretty much always learn something from Wes. He’s straight up good.
@@Robrt32 Yep. It always helps to start out with a Dad that has a shop and a lot of know how, but I'm still amazed by some of the hopeless causes he tackles. My dad wasn't interested in mechanics, so I did all the hard way. Wouldn't trade a minute of it though.
@@jimbos1567 yea my dad was only interested in a whiskey bottle and the nearest bar. I learned the hard way also.
Imagine a video with Wes, looking through the window at the road and commenting what's going on for two hours. I would watch it! :)
thats a good transmission guy when he asks for the radiator to clean it out too
Great video , Wes !
I really like how your transmission guy told you to take out the radiator so he can flush the trans cooler , I know alot of people that have had their transmissions fixed or replaced and nobody ever flushed out the cooler and ended up with another burnt up transmission due to that .
It's really cool to hear people actually care enough to make sure a customer gets the job done right the first time.
Id like to add to that statement of keeping the customer happy the first time and say that not only is that true but it goes even deeper than that. He is doing this not only to make them happy but to KEEP them happy. Meaning they won't have a comeback they have to fix and eat the cost of the repair for free due to a half done job. Do it the first time so there won't be a next time!
Always flush the whole system when replacing transmission's it's a no brainer I think
Your transmission guy is one of the good ones. I was thinking, "What about the transmission cooler circuit?" But he was on top of it. You'd be surprised how many guys forget something simple like that.
Also he installed some kind of upgrade kit going by Wes reading out the invoice
@@alouisschafer7212 yep, that's the way to do it while you're in there.
Anything to do with auto transmissions is still all black magic to me. I sort of get it... almost. But I still don't 100% understand them and probably never will. Anyone that works on them is up there with brain surgeons as far I'm concerned.
Thats a pretty neat tool if it actually works well. I resort to replacing the cooler or putting an inline filter in if they are pooched.
@@MattExzysame boat. I understand that idea but once I see the all the fluid channels and check balls I’m lost
14:25 holy cow that is the best looking prehistoric native American rock art I have ever seen!
Sounds like you're still feeling below the weather. Hopefully it will pass soon. Thanks for the content - always a great addition to a day.
Yeah, still seems a bit Foggy... but still soldiered through.
That transmission had never been serviced before. The yellow plastic plug in the pan is the assembly line dust cap. When the dipstick is installed on the assembly line, the plug gets pushed into the pan. It is to be discarded at the first filter change.
Fords recommended service intervals are too much. Needs fluid changes sooner than what they say for longevity
@@kd7cwg 30k at most 100/150k is nutz!
We rebuild these 4R70Ws all day long, they are great CHEAP trannys to maintain. Have one in my F-150 with 212,000 miles. Good work man!
Another Great Video, Wes. I wonder if that was a rare failure or something that the transmission shop sees on a regular basis? When they install upgraded parts or updates, I wonder. It seems like newer transmission problems are more electronic issues than mechanical issues. Thanks for making the point about the Torque Converter installation and flushing all the cooler lines. Really Appreciate your attention to detail and commentary. 👍🏻👍🏻
Rare with that low of miles.
My guess is towing a trailer that is to heavy.
Those 4R70's are solid transmissions.👍
I hear you, Wes. If any of my own transmission work goes beyond the valve body assembly, solenoids, conductor plate, etc, that's where I draw the line.
In the past I had taken a plumbing night coarse. The best lesson was when to hand off the problem to an expert. Good call. It is frustrating when engineers design vehicles that do not allow for easy maintenance / repair. I guess its the price of progress. Great video as always.
Figure that a lot of the testing phase gearboxes (like pre-production stuff) have exterior accessible solenoids and most of the non critical stuff is operable from the outside. :) don't you just love that kind of shit?
Back in the 80's I had a '72 Ford Gran Torino Sport that had a C6 automatic transmission. In a moment of haste, while still moving forward, I jammed the transmission into "park". It produced a fairly loud "bang" and the car immediately stopped. I was worried that I had damaged the transmission, yet after that incident, the transmission continued to function with no problems. A testament to the durability and construction quality of those old C6 trannys.
4R70W or 4R75E (W) are some of the easiest 4 speeds to rebuild and understand. (Same for GM 4L60E and 80E) Wes, you would not be in over your head to tackle it. Also, if anyone else drives one of these, I highly recommend the J mod. It's cheap to do and really improves the slushiness of these with their soft factory calibrations. Ford did a lot of the changes involved towards the end of production of them.
Sounds like a sonnax HD valve body was put in it. So j-mod really is not an option to mingle parts.
And then an otherwise fine transmission went away because of "progress"
I have one and can't tell for sure if it's had a jmod or not. At light throttle I wouldn't say it shifts hard, but it seems to shift quicker than most panthers. But if I mat it, it'll bark the tires on the 1-2 shift.
Dave, the problem for many of us small shops is not the lack of knowledge or the ability to understand transmissions, it's not being able to justify to the cost of the tools and equipment to service them. As a "general repair shop" we might see two to three transmission rebuilds a year. Not worth the space and money to set up for that.
@@humbleservices6418 Exactly. I got into transmissions as an interesting hobby. The worst thing about transmissions is 1 little screwup and its coming back out again and apart. Not worth the hassle for a small shop.
Being a transmission tech for years I gave up fancy holders for the Jack and just welded a 4 x 8 plate with slots for the mount bolt to the Jacks platform and I would bolt the transmissions right to the trany jack. Much safer and tilting the platform can be done with zero sketchyness.
Always good to watch . I was sure taken back when you felt $2000 was "not to bad" . Man I cant get used to repair prices . I applaud you for knowing your limits.
The Allisons in the GMs are like $3500.
Last 4r70w I rebuilt took 4 hours and $500 in parts. That was 8 years ago though. Prob $1000 for just parts now.
@@mph5896 I have a 4r70w in my 98 Ford e250
2 grand is common around NC for a basic RWD transmission rebuild
Imports or HD transmissions are way more pricey
You should see what the new 8/9 speeds cost to repair…
Nice work Wes, the mark of a true professional is knowing your limits and not being afraid to admit it. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺
Down here in the Deep South, I’m in the bottom right corner of Alabama. The cotton field across the street was recently sprayed with exfoliant, apparently they kill the leaves before harvesting the bolls, And the peanuts beside me haven’t been turned over yet. I’m debating sneaking over there after they turn them and grabbing a 5 gallon bucket of fresh peanuts and boiling them. Great vid love your no nonsense commentary.
Tasty!
Thanks Wes! I've learned so much from you, so here goes. Dearth, noun, a scarcity or lack of something.
i.e. "there is a dearth of broken Fords lately" (yeah right). Thanks for the videos!
plethora: multiples of. ha ha
Opposite of dearth - I would have said "excess".
I read a bunch of comments and agree 100%.People need to find a good honest mechanic, to get the job done right the first timeand not paying for work that didn't need to be done. I love the channel , I always learn/ takeaway something from your videos. Keep up the great work.
That's my rational as well: "No clouds in the sky...can't work." Then again, the reverse is true as well: "If it's raining, we don't work in the rain." Now that I'm retired, I can put those rules into effect. I was impressed with how clean the bottom of that truck was after 100 K miles. Great video Wes thumbs up.
I expected it would be worse case scenario, “it’s a Ford “ thanks for sharing your video 👍🏻
This brought back memories, I was a tow truck fleet mechanic for 16 years back in the 70s and 80s. I pulled many transmissions then but they were manual. I feel the pain the struggle is real.
I had the exact same issue 110,502 miles, P0731 and symptoms, only fwd in 2nd and rev, slight whine.Pulled the pan and the fluid was dark and slightly burned. found large metal pieces in the pan, likely from a clutch drum. Bought a trans from a wrecked truck with 25k on the clock. Slapped it in over a single weekend and it works great. 14qts of fluid, wrecker trans, , flush cooler and lines, 12 hrs labor to R&R and 500 curse words trying to get the wiring harness at the back of the engine out of the way and the top bell housing bolt in. Total less than $1000. All done and works great.
I'm new here just found your channel and I've really enjoyed watching it I'm a Retired heavy equipment mechanic and I like the way you do the job yeah I watched you put that clutch in that little tractor and those two splins can make a preacher cuss patience is the key to mechanic work I'm old school back before technology and I'm in Georgia don't have to worry about so much rust.
I've seen several issues with those AODE/4R70W transmissions. Rear planetary exploded, snap ring coming off and rear sprag coming apart. It's the nature of the beast. Thanks Wes!
I was going to look that up. Sounded like a sprag/one way clutch not being a one-way clutch anymore!
Having a really good trans guy that you can actually trust is a lifesaver. They're usually flakey as painters or body guys or cut corners wherever they can. Glad you have a good one and thats good for your customers as well. Be interested to have gotten back the bad parts from the trans guy to see the carnage. Thanks Wes!!!
I was almost fully recovered from rebuilding my 68rfe transmission myself. Watching this brought back some bad memories. Had to make another appointment with my therapist.
that made me have flashbacks of changing the a4ld trans in my 90' mustang. didn't have all the fancy tools. did it on 4 jackstands in my driveway, by myself. i never have been a very strong guy, didn't have another person to help, and didn't have a transmission jack so getting that other trans mounted to the engine was a challenge! plenty of "OH CRAP!" moments when i thought that heavy sucker was gonna fall on me. used floor jacks, a little cart on rollers thing, and the cross member for leverage and a chiltons manual. i only hoped my mother could hear me scream from inside the house and come help me if something fell on me. oh, and i used a craftsman pear headed 3/8" ratchet with a breaker bar(it was a tough ratchet) on the driveshaft bolts. no fancy impact drivers. rough times man! lol.
The answer is always three, just ask the Owl.... :) I looked at the title in the thumbnail and laughed as this means something so totally different today than it did 20 years ago.
You are to self disparaging my brother. You have the knack man, that allows you to diagnose, repair and make right a plethora of mechanical contrivances, you are actually one of the better mechanics I have had the privilege to watch in my career.
Kicking the tripod aside you make great videos and I appreciate the time in conceptualization, editing and ULing that these take... thanks man for the ride along.
Underneath is incredibly rust free for a rust belt truck of that age. By the way, I'll put our rust here in Connecticut against yours in Illinois any day.
Really enjoy your videos. You're the best diagnostician I've ever seen particularly with electronics. Sure wish you were around here instead of the "replace parts until it's fixed" thieves we have.
I’ve been to CT many times. Didn’t see much rust, but I’m sure it’s there!
You do nice work Wes, your customers are lucky to have you and *Thank You* for the video. As always it is greatly appreciated. 👍👍
Those propshaft nut extensions are fantastic, didn't realise they made swivel ones tho. Especially when you've got 9/16 head nuts on an otherwise metric vehicle (thanks Landrover). Thanks for another entertaining video
Metric is great, you're wrong
@@dmitryhwguy1646 eh? I'm complaining about have AF fasteners on a metric vehicle. Something the manufacturer did from the factory and is a complete pain if you didn't realise before hand.
@@hannahranga looks like English is not his first language. Long paragraphs and Google probably has trouble translating for him
Dearth = a scarcity or lack of something.
Glut = the opposite.
Keep up the excellent work. Always enjoyable and informative videos.
So far, an awesome Sunday.
First off a Mustie1 vid popped up then a Watch Wes Work.
Wes is always fascinating with the way he figures out WTF is wrong and he admits his limitations.
Who's next I wonder.
Evening Wes.
When I use to swap out transmission when I was a tad pole.
My transmission guy told me to always flush my oil cooler lines.
I bought 3 cans of KOOLER CLEAN. Flushed it towards and backwards until clean cleaner came out. Add 1 qt to the converter. Seated the converter and started the install. All of this on a concrete driveway. Truck jacked up and with jack stands.
I got pretty good at this and made some extra $$. I never rebuilt the customer stuff. I didn't have the tools.
After I learned more about rebuilds I did a few. Learned alot. I'm about to drop my trans on my 03 Chevy after 365k miles. I'm crossing my fingers and hope it's only a minor issue that I can fix. I'm suspected a broken servo spring or piston.
Anyhow. Thank you Wes. Brought back memories.
A great way to start my Sunday with new video from Wes. I’m surprised that transmission needed to be rebuilt at that mileage. I’ve got a 2001 F-150 with the 4R70W that’s got 190,000 miles on the original transmission.
My 2000 got 298k before its rebuild.
I've got an 01 with 440k miles on the original trans.
My 2003 F150 4R70W (4x4) tranny has 194k original miles on it. Still shifts great!
It's all in how they take care of them also that 107k miles could of been 107k of stop and go and towing. Also, not all transmissions are created equal one thing that was not perfect from the factory will torpedo a tranny eventually. I have 186k On my Ford Expedition (Same Transmission as this F-150) and it needs a Transmission. But It has spent its life in Stop and go and towing the fam toys and camper around so I feel I got my money's worth out of it.
@@Twisted_Harlock im at 133k on my 98 crown vic(not a p71) and its going strong! BUT it was serviced every 20k firm wot 1-2 shift
Thanks for showing us the glitter of sadness.
That Ford is in pretty nice shape considering your part of the Country. Barley any rust underneath and no leakers. Good job Wes.
Sounds like he maybe welded his clutches together, there used to be a guy named Richard in Texas , had a UA-cam channel his boy took over… he’d teach you all about em…transmissions I mean!! Dude was a genius, and I miss watching him!!!
Wes, if you can take apart an old Oliver dozer transmission and shim it back together so it works, you can certainly tackle a modern auto transmission like the one for this Ford. There are plenty of YT vids of people taking them apart in under 30 minutes. Of course that's the easy part. Re-assembly takes a bit longer and some special tools. You can do it. Set up a stainless steel table/benchtop in your shop. Then take an auto trans apart, fix it, and put it back together. You'll be glad you did. Also, how is it this 15 yr old Ford with 107k mi has less rust than your lift? Great video as always. Have a great week!
Ive done one of these transmissions before,it definitely is a lot easier on a lift and in a shop than outside in my backyard
FYI, dearth means scarcity. Love your videos.
Good job on sneaking out the transmission, that truck is in good shape considering.
You're a braver man than some of the mechanics I've dealt with in my lifetime. All the symptoms you had today remind me of something with my old Toyota Land Cruiser. Took her to several mechanics, and they were all sure they couldn't find the problem, and that something would have to "break" before they could properly diagnose. Finally had to say goodbye to her, because I couldn't trust her to do the km's I was doing at the time, and the last thing I needed was to break down in the middle of nowhere. Wish I had taken her to a transmission shop.
I think you stole the thunder of most viewers when you mentioned not having to take to it with a gas axe - for the miles, she was in pretty good condition underneath.
Brings back memories of my buddy with his Chevy truck, turbo 350. It went south, so he took the transmission out, took it to a guy who was recommended to him. Friend said "this guy had forgotten more about how to rebuild a transmission than most guys know " . Well, that was true, as it had to go back 3 times before it worked right. 😖
Sad
@@erik_dk842 Real sad as a turbo 350 is about as simple as it gets.
"Sketchy like a fox" 🤣Liking your work Wes 👍
#1 Maintenance Technician at it again. Thorough as usual, you have a blessed day Wes. Aloha from Kansas.
Wes, There is no voodoo magic going on inside an automatic trans. Take it apart, clean, install new frictions, steels, bushings, seals, orings, apply pistons, and any broken hard parts...charge $2k...easy peasy. You're a far more advanced mechanic than I am and I've rebuilt 4 automatic trans with no problem. IMO it's harder to R&R a transmission than it is to rebuild them.
HELLO WES,
Just a note to say enjoy your videos a lot, continue to learn post 45 yrs wrenching and yes its a retirement thing.
Keep up the good work.
Excellent again, Wes. I am certain and I think I must bring to your attention, that the Goldwing you see every single day for several hours for the last two months has a flat tyre you haven't noticed...
Nothing like a "October Blue Bird Day" ! Thanks for sharing Wes.
I love watching Wes work even though I don't know much about cars. I am intrigued with your problem solving skills.
always a good day when wes posts a new video. seems like i always go and binge watch all his other vids after too!
Is it just me or is that the cleanest F150 that has ever been on this channel??
Fun to hear your weather report.
Snow is so close up here.
Good to hear farming report.
Good note was most common carry out transmission failure was
Pump failure.
Now that's some of the best transmission wrangling I have ever seen. Great vid
49.. weird. Summer really clocked out at the end of her shift and came to California. Been 80's and 90's up till the end of last week..
Great video. "Dearth" is a scarcity of something.
i wish to see more of these - automatics remain a mystery to me, and I appreciate that you tap out on these quickly, too! :) Great video, keep em coming!
Great diagnosis and refit, good call on flushing transmission cooler by your transmission specialist 👍.
Definitely a black art in any vehicle gearbox to me each to his or her own.
Great job and photography Wes, thanks for sharing
Wes the best part is we both learn here!
We learn what needs to be done!
We learn when its better to just send it out!
Thanks for sharing!
The swaybar removal was pretty slick - I hate dealing exhaust crossovers (or exhaust systems, in general).
Good trans shop to suggest flushing the cooler. I rode in the 40s to even the 30s in Illinois if the sun was out. Still riding the Panhead bobber at age 72 but now in the mountains by Prescott.
I always tell ppl to maintain their vehicle and it can last for quite a few years. This truck is a great example.
Instead of scrapping this unit as most would do at this point, fix it and keep it running til until something catastrophic kills it.
A lot of ppl think they have to keep replacing their epvehicles every few years when you really don’t.
$2000.00ish is good money spent to get more years out of this truck instead of spending $50k-60k on a new unit.
This job must of made you feel good. A nice straight forward job. I wish cars were still made this way! Hope you are feeling better. They are picking beans here in Sandwich land. Thanks for the video. Have a great weekend!
They're picking everything here, but it's pretty wet.
I learned my lesson incorrectly installing a torque converter years ago. Took the trans out to replace the front pump seal in the trans, well I didn’t fully install the torque converter back in and then when I lined it back up with the engine it wouldn’t seat properly so I pulled the trans into the engine using the bell housing bolts, needless to say doing that cracked the trans pump, didn’t know until I went to start the car and it was dumping fluid out of the bell housing, had to pull it back out and replace the front pump. Definitely learned my lesson that day lol
These old fords radiators and Transmissions are pretty easy to remove good design to bad Ford changed the design on the newer models good video as always @Watch Wes Work
Another fun adventure! Also, I had to go back to the start of the video when you had your head turned to make sure your hat said "DieHard". In the outro it looked to me like it may have been a parody "pieHard " hat, lol!
Wes I rebuilt a 4r70w first time doing customer put it in 10 thousand miles still shifts. It's fun working on them and it's really no to complicated
Love learning what you work on...I am a bee person...we have a Dearth during Aug/Sept when there is little pollen and nectar for bees to work ......in others words not anything around....you da man Wess
Nice work Wes , love your videos …
Oh God, not another UA-cam Trans/Drag video.... oh, wait, this is a car. I'm so glad your Ford knows what it is... let's go Wes.
Hey Wes great video, Just had my 1998 Chevrolet 4160E rebuilt. 212000 miles It has a Towing Package but it had the original fluid and filter in it. It was shifting fine pulling strong. But started hearing a little whining under deacleration . I just knew it was in the differential . Took it to a well recommend shop. He drove it said it was in the differential. Told him go ahead an rebuild the drive line. To our surprise the rear planters gear had Sheard a tooth in the transmission He said it was about to cause some server problems. Best truck I have ever owned . Still runs like a top! I missed the beautiful women you usually have own. She adds a lot of sugar and spice..
Thats why I love manual transmissions. Good job Wes
How appropriate it is that I had to watch a Chevy pickup commercial before watching this video. Lol!
Thanks for sharing with us. You know what battles to pick to fight!
When I first saw the chalk drawings on the ground, thought "What kind of animal massacre went down?".
…. Customer Diagnosis…. That must move the decimal point one place to the right😅. Great channel - keep up the great work.
As 15yr old trucks go that was a good one and probably as easy as you’ll get one of those jobs. About time you were cut some slack.
During my summer vacation, my Odyssey, with 130,000 quit moving. It made a grinding noise. The local Honda dealer diagnosed it as a bad tranny, covered under extended warranty. I drive it 800 miles home after replacement, when it failed again. Turned out to actually be a front axle, and not the tranny. The new tranny engaged the worn splines on the driveshaft enough to get me home.
After watching this it shows me what a good transmission shop will do to help you ie bring the radiator so they can flush those lines removing any nasty junk trapped in there. That alone should prolong the life of the rebuilt transmission. I would not have thought of doing that---- but then again I am not a mechanic. That transmission jack looked a little skeptical to me. I was worried it might fall over sideways. Thank goodness it did not. Thanks for the videos and tips.
It’s a good one
You should try an automatic transmission. Maybe an older, non-electronic one. They're no more complex than the hydro valve setups on the plow trucks or that Ranger transmission. I rebuilt a C6. It worked, It was a formative experience.
I second this. I rebuilt my 4R70W on my 01 Crown Vic. These are simple and the clutch tolerances are easy to achieve.
Yeah, but Wes isn't setup to repair them and there's an entire chain of order that needs to be built from scratch. IMO he's peachy where he's at, there's no reason to spread oneself to so many corners.
"Sketchy like a fox" *needs* to be your next t-shirt.
the 4R70W seems to be a good transmission in my opinion, I had one go through 2 engines and it lasted 394K in a 1999 expedition, I can't say the same about our current 2004 expedition, we had that one rebuilt at 240k which is still not bad
Pretty clean (rust wise ) for a 14 yo vehicle. Nice job, enjoy you videos. Thanks
The converter splines don't get seated correctly so when they go to bolt up the bell housing it crushes the pump.
Seen it more times than I want to remember.
I’ve changed a few transmissions and only replaced the oil and filter
Although I did change the valve body on one
From a 1975 to a 1968 trans and they bolted right up. And to my surprise it even shifted and stayed in there till I sold that truck.
Clean truck, almost a full tank of fuel and no visible rust. Are you sure that customer is from around there? Good video, a pleasure to watch.
Wes’s, I had a 2001 Ford Ranger XLT 4x4 with factory tow package ( extra trans. oil cooler ) automatic. At 126,000miles a s 17 years old the trans gave up. The cause was internal oil cooler inside radiator leaked putting antifreeze into the trans oil. Rebuild trans and a new radiator along with trans shop labor removing ,installation and rebuilding of trans cost me 2300 dollars US. Just letting you know owners that your radiator can cause your trans to go. Replace it every 50,000 miles to be safe. Plastic junk.
Thorough and pragmatic that make a wise mechanic, great job Wes
Good stuff Wes. I checked out a very similar truck last month. With identical symptoms. Very rusty though and 583000 miles . He made a trailer out of it. I'm sure you saw Eric O's short on ford truck starter removal. Glad it wasn't like that for you, woulda made some great content though!!!! Thanks for putting a very human and professional face on our business Much respect.
Thanks for posting Wes
This is just a video I needed after a hurricane
Hey I enjoyed watching your video, I wrench on all my vehicles and motorcycles and boats.Knowing how some Jobs go you are a true good mechanic and if it ever came to a point where I couldn't do it anymore I would not hesitate to bring it to u.
Busted knuckle, cuts and scrapes. ALL for content. thank you stay safe
We installed an accessory external filter, and an additional cooler, because transmissions are so darned expensive. I did the r&r and filter, cooler modification. My builder recommended it. Did your builder tell you why it grenaded? A friends 4R70 did the same thing. Nice to see you got it done on a non crusty ride. thank you.
Good job . I'd have possibly talked the owner into getting an auxiliary cooler plumbed into the system for extra insurance I really have no faith in the in rad coolers as a stand alone. I've had good luck adding a few spin on filter kits from Derale to a few vehicles with trans rebuilds, and at service intervals the fluid comes out crystal clear and have had 0 issues afterwards. just a thought Wes.
Your EZACTLY like me, I ONLY replace engines and transmissions, ONLY ON rear wheel drive CARS/TRUCKS. FRONT wheel drives CARS are A pain, AND I WILL NOT WORK ON THEM. AND NO I DO NOT WORK INSIDE ENGINES NOR TRANSMISSIONS, I ONLY REPLACE CLUTCHES, PRESSURE PLATES, AND THROW OUT BEARINGS, AND MASTER SLAVE HYDRAULIC CYLINDERS, AND MASTER CYLINDERS ON THESE TYPE OF APERRATUS ASSEMBLIES, OR INSTALL NEW FRONT AND REAR PUMPS SEALS, ONLY IF IT LEAKS, EXCELLENT JOB YOUNG MAN. 😁👍