Tranny & Valve Body ?

[Woppy V]

Need some Tranny Question Aid.



10,000 miles ago I had a new Tranny thrown in because the other was shot.

Ford will replace/fix anything regarding the actual Tranny for 65,000 miles etc. So my Tranny is still covered.



They informed me that the Valve Body has to be replaced. We never talked about price because I assumed that the Valve Body and Tranny go hand in hand and thus should be covered by the warranty. I will be picking up my trac later on and wanted to see if you all agree or not.

 

[Tom Schindler]

The valve body is inside and part of the tranny. If the valve body fails, the tranny will fail. The valve body is inside the tranny. The tranny is useless without a valve body.





Tom

 

[Woppy V]

which is why it should be 100% covered...

 

[Tom Schindler]

A valve body is as much part of a tranny as a torque converter or clutch band is.





Tom

 

[Woppy V]

Thanks Tom!

 

[Woppy V]

So I got a call. The vavle body was put in and the flare is still happening. Ford seems baffled but are ripping out the tranny to look over it. I got a funny feeling they are going to be throw yet another new one in...



Without a trac for even longer. I hate Mercury Sables now! <- the loaner

 

[EddieS'04]

Evidently the flare lasted long enough to wear the clutches and band, from the slippage. Sometimes on a hot trans it dont take long. The clutch paks dont have alot of friction material. Like brake pads or a manual trans clutch.

 

[Woppy V]

hmmm.. ill keep that in mind when I talk to them next.

 

[Gavin Allan]

You have a truck- they should give you a truck for a loaner.



Feel free to 4-wheel in the Sable!

 

[Woppy V]

Lol. I have very very much enjoyed getting the average mile per gallon to slip from 23mpg to 19mpg!