redraven0
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- 1998 Ford Explorer
Hey all, I've been lurking this forum for a couple of months and have found many threads immensly helpful, but I can't find any thread with the same problem as me and was wondering if you could possibly shead some light on my problem.
Car: 1998 Ford Explorer, 4.0L SOHC Engine, 5r55e transmission. 100,000 Miles
Story: A little while ago when driving along a freeway my tranny blew. The car got towed back to my home and I set about taking the tranny apart to see what was wrong. I eventually found out that the torque converter had blown up (shards of metal everywhere from it) and that the valve body gasket had blown.
Consequently I bought a rebuilt torque converter and dismantled the tranny to get all the shards of metal out of it, while doing this I replaced the bands, put new seals on the servos and put new friction and metal plates in the clutches and replaced all the gaskets.
After putting the tranny back together and placing it back in the car I made a few small errors. 1) I made a 1mm tear in the valve body gasket, I have ordered a new one which is on its way. 2) I put too much tranny fluid back in the tranny (about 1.5L) which I removed after figuring out my mistake after 12 miles of driving.
Since then I have driven 180 miles with the car. And while driving the O/D light flashes, it only flashes after either going on the freeway at around 60 MPH or after around 30 mins of city driving. Also on the odd occasion sometimes while accelerating from a stand still I have the 2/3 shift flare issue.
When I checked the tranny fluid level I have noticed that the colour of the fluid is a reddy brown instead of the clean red it was originally. And apart from the odd shift flare issue the car seems to be driving very well.
I was wondering what you guys would think the problem could be, possibly the bands are on too tight? Might be a reason for the browny red tranny fluid, or the valve body gasket has already properly blown? I figured it would go prematurely but I didn't think these are the symptoms for a blown gasket, or that it would go this early. Or do I probably need a new (rebuilt) valve body?
Thanks
Car: 1998 Ford Explorer, 4.0L SOHC Engine, 5r55e transmission. 100,000 Miles
Story: A little while ago when driving along a freeway my tranny blew. The car got towed back to my home and I set about taking the tranny apart to see what was wrong. I eventually found out that the torque converter had blown up (shards of metal everywhere from it) and that the valve body gasket had blown.
Consequently I bought a rebuilt torque converter and dismantled the tranny to get all the shards of metal out of it, while doing this I replaced the bands, put new seals on the servos and put new friction and metal plates in the clutches and replaced all the gaskets.
After putting the tranny back together and placing it back in the car I made a few small errors. 1) I made a 1mm tear in the valve body gasket, I have ordered a new one which is on its way. 2) I put too much tranny fluid back in the tranny (about 1.5L) which I removed after figuring out my mistake after 12 miles of driving.
Since then I have driven 180 miles with the car. And while driving the O/D light flashes, it only flashes after either going on the freeway at around 60 MPH or after around 30 mins of city driving. Also on the odd occasion sometimes while accelerating from a stand still I have the 2/3 shift flare issue.
When I checked the tranny fluid level I have noticed that the colour of the fluid is a reddy brown instead of the clean red it was originally. And apart from the odd shift flare issue the car seems to be driving very well.
I was wondering what you guys would think the problem could be, possibly the bands are on too tight? Might be a reason for the browny red tranny fluid, or the valve body gasket has already properly blown? I figured it would go prematurely but I didn't think these are the symptoms for a blown gasket, or that it would go this early. Or do I probably need a new (rebuilt) valve body?
Thanks