brpavers
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- 2005 Mountaineer
Gentlemen,
I am new to posting but not to reading your posts. I have a 2005 Mounty with a 4.0L. It has 131,000 miles, mostly highway due to my wife's 60 mile commute and her love of driving at the drop of a hat. It is a very nice vehicle and we plan to drive it at least till the clock hits 300k.
Last week, the Check Transmission and O/D blick came on along with a delayed 1-2 shift and 4-5 shift, never happened before. I checked the OBD and got a PO775, PO732, and PO735 codes. After reading some (not all) of your threads, I thought it must be the PC Solenoid Circuit B. I took it by the stealership and they diagnosed it and said that the REPLACE TRANSMISSION light had came on and it would cost $3700 for a rebuilt trans. I said no way, paid them $90 for reading the same codes I read and limped home.BOHICA
After reading more threads, I realized that you guys know more about this than those bozos at the stealership, and you don't charge for excellent advise while they make 'Money for Nothing'. I realize now that the genesis to the problem is the aluminum case with the hardened steel servo rods, which has caused low pressure, which may have caused my 2-5 band to wear and possibly by PC Solenoid to now be malfunctioning. With your advise, I have now drove the Mounty with the O/D off and can get it to shift to 2nd with throttle manipulation with no problem shifting 3rd and 4th, but no 5th. PITA but livable if this is as bad as it gets until I feel like TITA and paying for a rebuild, though not from the stealership, because they would not repair the core problem. I would like to find a shop that will do the Servobore fix (Pat with Northland gave me a list that i am working thru after i throw out the AAMCOs, Mr Trans, and stealers, there aren't many in Atlanta area) and maybe put the Transgo shift kit in for good measure, but I am not going to get ripped off. How much should this cost? Will they need to replace the PC solenoid block as well? What will that add? I would like to keep it around $1500 or less. Am I dreaming?
Now I have some questions about my other options. On one of the threads, one guy said that he had this problem at 85,000 and he just lived with it and it's still going at 185,000. Will the low pressure cause wear on the bands and if I keep driving it? If I can't find a dependable shop to repair it, after reading your threads, I may decide to find a core from a wreck and perform the repair on the core, taking my time and being extra careful.
If the O/D band is broken or worn, can you tell when you do the Band Tightening procedure? It seems a broken band would not tighten properly. Will a broken band cause catostrophic failure and damage within the tranny?
Has Ford fixed this problem? I have had blue in my blood since I was 8 and my dad bought me a slot car set with a GT40 and a Cobra Daytona Coupe, both with working lights (wish i knew what i did with them). I am embarassed that their drivetrain designers can't understand that hardened steel will wear aluminum. They should issue a recall out of pride and a sense of responsibility to their customers, but obviously they are dodging the issue by the fact that their dealer service guys are oblivious and there have not been any TSBs on the 2005s but there is one on the 2006. What's up with that? I have a 2006 Explorer for a company car with 117k that i am about to turn in for a 09 F150. Is someone going to get stuck with a tranny repair on that one?
Whatever action I take, I will post the results.
Thanks in advance for your help.
PS. The stealership called today and dropped their price to $2200 to replace the solenoid block, but they can't do the servobore repair. :thumbdwn:
I am new to posting but not to reading your posts. I have a 2005 Mounty with a 4.0L. It has 131,000 miles, mostly highway due to my wife's 60 mile commute and her love of driving at the drop of a hat. It is a very nice vehicle and we plan to drive it at least till the clock hits 300k.
Last week, the Check Transmission and O/D blick came on along with a delayed 1-2 shift and 4-5 shift, never happened before. I checked the OBD and got a PO775, PO732, and PO735 codes. After reading some (not all) of your threads, I thought it must be the PC Solenoid Circuit B. I took it by the stealership and they diagnosed it and said that the REPLACE TRANSMISSION light had came on and it would cost $3700 for a rebuilt trans. I said no way, paid them $90 for reading the same codes I read and limped home.BOHICA
After reading more threads, I realized that you guys know more about this than those bozos at the stealership, and you don't charge for excellent advise while they make 'Money for Nothing'. I realize now that the genesis to the problem is the aluminum case with the hardened steel servo rods, which has caused low pressure, which may have caused my 2-5 band to wear and possibly by PC Solenoid to now be malfunctioning. With your advise, I have now drove the Mounty with the O/D off and can get it to shift to 2nd with throttle manipulation with no problem shifting 3rd and 4th, but no 5th. PITA but livable if this is as bad as it gets until I feel like TITA and paying for a rebuild, though not from the stealership, because they would not repair the core problem. I would like to find a shop that will do the Servobore fix (Pat with Northland gave me a list that i am working thru after i throw out the AAMCOs, Mr Trans, and stealers, there aren't many in Atlanta area) and maybe put the Transgo shift kit in for good measure, but I am not going to get ripped off. How much should this cost? Will they need to replace the PC solenoid block as well? What will that add? I would like to keep it around $1500 or less. Am I dreaming?
Now I have some questions about my other options. On one of the threads, one guy said that he had this problem at 85,000 and he just lived with it and it's still going at 185,000. Will the low pressure cause wear on the bands and if I keep driving it? If I can't find a dependable shop to repair it, after reading your threads, I may decide to find a core from a wreck and perform the repair on the core, taking my time and being extra careful.
If the O/D band is broken or worn, can you tell when you do the Band Tightening procedure? It seems a broken band would not tighten properly. Will a broken band cause catostrophic failure and damage within the tranny?
Has Ford fixed this problem? I have had blue in my blood since I was 8 and my dad bought me a slot car set with a GT40 and a Cobra Daytona Coupe, both with working lights (wish i knew what i did with them). I am embarassed that their drivetrain designers can't understand that hardened steel will wear aluminum. They should issue a recall out of pride and a sense of responsibility to their customers, but obviously they are dodging the issue by the fact that their dealer service guys are oblivious and there have not been any TSBs on the 2005s but there is one on the 2006. What's up with that? I have a 2006 Explorer for a company car with 117k that i am about to turn in for a 09 F150. Is someone going to get stuck with a tranny repair on that one?
Whatever action I take, I will post the results.
Thanks in advance for your help.
PS. The stealership called today and dropped their price to $2200 to replace the solenoid block, but they can't do the servobore repair. :thumbdwn: