Brian Ronayne
Member
Last week was a terrible week. After reaching 100,000 and purchasing new tires I completely ruined the excitement of enjoying the next few years.
On my way to class here in tampa I was stopped at a light near Busch Gardens. as the left hand turn light went green I began to accelerate, got up to about 35-40 mphs maybe and the RPMS went flying to about 5-6. Felt like I was in neutral, a let off the gas to pull over...."CLUNK, CLUNK". it was clearly the sound of the transmission. I'm not a car guy so I figured I either heard it tear up 3rd or completely go. Luckily the car got me the 2 miles i needed to go to make it to class and a flat bed pick her up. My transmission guy said he had three codes. something about pressure, torque and how i demolished 3rd gear. After not having the car -thrusday through saturday- and setting myself back in the debt area I have a completely rebuilt transmission. I plan on ahving the car completely serviced for everything possible at my next marker (in about 500 miles) So please help me create a list that I can bring to my mechanic and say...check this.
so far after digging around and finding some ford maintenance guides i've come up with this-
inspect ball joints (4x2)
" steering linage, suspension & driveshaft
engine air filter
fuel filter
lubricate 4x2 wheel barings, replace grease seals and adjust
inspect wheel ends for endplay and noise
accessory drive belt
replace spark plugs
replace PCV valve.
I'm sure there are things in there that are general inspection stuff. but anything i should definitely check would be appreciated. thanks guys/gals
On my way to class here in tampa I was stopped at a light near Busch Gardens. as the left hand turn light went green I began to accelerate, got up to about 35-40 mphs maybe and the RPMS went flying to about 5-6. Felt like I was in neutral, a let off the gas to pull over...."CLUNK, CLUNK". it was clearly the sound of the transmission. I'm not a car guy so I figured I either heard it tear up 3rd or completely go. Luckily the car got me the 2 miles i needed to go to make it to class and a flat bed pick her up. My transmission guy said he had three codes. something about pressure, torque and how i demolished 3rd gear. After not having the car -thrusday through saturday- and setting myself back in the debt area I have a completely rebuilt transmission. I plan on ahving the car completely serviced for everything possible at my next marker (in about 500 miles) So please help me create a list that I can bring to my mechanic and say...check this.
so far after digging around and finding some ford maintenance guides i've come up with this-
inspect ball joints (4x2)
" steering linage, suspension & driveshaft
engine air filter
fuel filter
lubricate 4x2 wheel barings, replace grease seals and adjust
inspect wheel ends for endplay and noise
accessory drive belt
replace spark plugs
replace PCV valve.
I'm sure there are things in there that are general inspection stuff. but anything i should definitely check would be appreciated. thanks guys/gals