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- 2002 Mercury Mountaineer
My understanding from the folks that did my transmission work is that you don't have to replace the entire transmission unless something else in it is hosed...you can have any good shop sleeve the servo bores and do a rebuild for a reasonable cost, and then you don't have to worry about it again.
The servo o-ring fix works...as long as the o-rings fill your elongated bore and continue to do so. O-rings have a limited lifespan, so you'll have to replace them at some point, I'm sure...but I admit that's speculation.
And, as others have mentioned on here, the servos are a royal pain to get to. Be extra careful that you don't damage the heat shield, or that if you do, you replace it - you need it!
I figured I would jump in on these string as the owner of the Company that makes the fix because this covers most topics people consider when using our fix. When ever someone has the true symptoms of worn bores described on our site it is extremely likely our kit will fix it. People think that boring it and sleeving it is a permanent fix and it is not. We have had people put our kit into trannys that have been bored and sleeved because the sleeves have worn out after 70,000 miles. We have also had people 60,0000 miles and up and still going strong on our orings. We have also found you can replace our orings indefinitely and keep on trucking if they do wear out.
Dropping either of the struts on the band has never happened as long as the band is not too loose and if you only take the servos out. We also have the OK to even carefully remove the adjuster bolt to replace it or clean it up if the servos are installed on the opposite side. We do however recommend that it gets removed very slowly to allow the strut to drop onto the case with little impact.
The oblong shape of the bores has no effect on how our kit works also, there is more than enough oring to take up the shape.
So if you have the classic symptoms of worn bores I will give you very-very high odds our kit will fix it.
Andy Wanie
CEO AJ1E Superior Solutions, LLC