Thread: do we have any transmission experts here......? re: BTR 93LE

oops....forgot to add....its a 4litre six........

Don't hold me to this, but if i remember correctly i think the friction plates have some sought of paper on them as apposed to aftermarket kevlar ones, water destroys them quickly, had the same thing happen to an old borg warner 41.

are they that sensitive.......there was hardly any water in there......the oil hadnt even changed colour to brown........

and it would have only run long enough to drive on and off the tow truck with the water in it......
and from there up onto a hoist.......

the earlier corkish type are that sensitive.... (I know its not cork but when you first get the matierial before you oil soak it and use it it looks like cork so I will refer to it as such for the rest of this post)

the cork will trap and hold the mouisture which makes the cork expand making it grip the drum which begins to shred it off. dollars to donuts says that once the material begins to disintergrate it will continue.

Bet your next oil drop/filter change has crud in it and it will get worse.
however little water you thought got in there I'll tip there was more than you thought as there a squillions of little places for it to sit and bid its time before again having another go round inside your box to find your friction material.

George130 has had spectacular failure of his TC lockup plate due to this.

Originally Posted by DEFENDERZOOK

are they that sensitive.......there was hardly any water in there......the oil hadnt even changed colour to brown........

and it would have only run long enough to drive on and off the tow truck with the water in it......
and from there up onto a hoist.......

Is the kickdown cable adjusted correctly, only needs to be a mickey hair out and they will play up, Regards Frank.

No expert here but check the wiring loom to the auto as it is all controlled by the computer. Sometimes the loom drops onto the exhaust and burns it a bit in the EL.

I have seen several Fords from 1995 to 1997 where the Auto fluid tank inside the radiator ruptures but it all mainly goes into the radiator and ends up as gue all through it.

The box's usually die from mechanical problems about the 150 - 170 klms mark if they do not have the tow pack fitted which is not routing the cooling through the radiator but through an external oil cooler. You may have accellerated yours.

I had an 1997 EL Fairmont Ghia auto with the 5 litre tickford engine and GTHO suspension factory built. They are a great build but only thing that really went wrong was the auto at 160 klms, symptoms were it would change down to 2nd for no reason and really scary if you are doing 110 klm at the time. Traded it and my 1996 patrol in for the MY2003 Disco.

BradM

from what you guys are saying......i think i should just replace the box......

its done over 170,000kms.........all the oil did get into the cooling system.....and thats all been flushed now.......
all nice and green again........


but the box has started to play up since then......i was thinking of dropping the valve body out and giving it a clean......
and also testing the solenoids.....which are known for giving problems......

the biggest concern is when it has happened........ right after the auto cooler split.....

Is the oil level correct?