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NO, absolutely not. Some component within the trans is slipping, and will likely soon overheat or break. Scan for trouble codes.

I figgered EVERYBODY knows the sides of the banks after 80 years of seeing them longitudinally.

Caution is advisable here, as mis-steps using a series-wired ammeter can instantly destroy it. Use highest range setting first, make sure no one messes around with lights, etc.

What difference does this make?

There is no brown wire on a Ford AWD transfer case, no shift motor, nothing to electrically modify. imp

@Travis8916 Is something malfunctioning? Why would you want to do this? Ford's AWD design is one of their better systems. If you insis t: Remove the front driveshaft (easiest, quickest, least desirable) Remove front-drive components from transfercase. Remove transfercase altogether (requires...

The CV is a welded assembly affixed to the rear (t-case) end of the front shaft. Thus, a "partial guts" ineffective) replacement only is possible. Mine has 170K on it, still OK.

Granted, heat transfer is SLIGHTLY affected by top or bottom entry into the radiator, and logic would dictate since HOT coolant enters the top, and lingers there, I think I would prefer entering hot trans fluid from the bottom, where it is cooler. The difference is actually pretty negligible; if...

@Shannon Lambert Fit yes. Work, no.

@jade97 So sorry! I missed "5th". I have a 4th. imp

@RichCresci Seals can also leak around their OD (Outside Diameter). This leakage is quite difficult to not vthinkn it originates from the seal rubber element. The brown **** in the images is aimed at positively sealing the OD with, like, an O-ring. Usually means a quality seal.

@410Fortune He said: "Btw truck is normal when driving around in 2wd, no noise etc." Significant clue. What is turning in 2WD but not 4X4 LOW, HIGH? imp

@BTR Have you looked for them? Location is in exhaust pipes, both sides of engine. Two per side, two exhaust pipes, one for each bank of cylinders on V-6. Two catalytic converters are located, one per pipe, about a foot from the engine itself. All O2 sensors are screwed into the pipes at either...

@Martin Hall I use a large C-clamp. Never fails, very easy. imp

@ZackaryOX TMI. First, there are a bunch of solenoids, so which one? Second, I missed whether or not you added brake fluid to your transmission, but if you did, the dozens of rubber sealing rings in clutches and on shafts will likely be destroyed. Third "stuck solenoid": rarely happens, quit...

Significantly applying to virtually every wheeled contrivance: The greater the "lift", the greater the added instability. Look closely at my avatar: '59 Ranchero, 3/4 ton F-250 driveline, heavy front locking hubs, Dana 60 rear, Dana 44 out of F-250, 360 FE, N.P T.C. w/granny. The F-250 front...

@shane10 Please bear in mind that inspection performed by one having much experience along the line i always a good idea, but not infallible. Look, observe, feel for discrepancy, seek visible evidence, check freedom of movement, smoothness, all good, but.......the future unfolds as it chooses...

@TechGuru I frown upon kits for one simple reason: Those offering them buy and supply the cheapest **** they can get, re-package it all in their kits, then pass the possibility posed by such use along to the installer. I try to buy the best-reputationed parts, as far as such effort might go...

@Phildeez Pinion seal Axle seal(s) Cover gasket Cracked housing

@peterk9 When I bought my 5R55S from Ford, they sold ONLY Remanufactured automatic transmissions via their parts counters; brand new not available. Remanned in their own reman factory. imp

@MrPulldown I am wondering how he knew about/felt consistency of sludge formed without doing that? imp

@shane10 See Above. (Your enthusiasm for my background is contagious!) Not an assumption, understand, just a pick of several choices evident having begun working intensively on drive axles many years ago. Without visual inspection, it's still guesswork. Continued metal deposited on a magnet...

@Mikey*TX Yes. imp

$80 to get to easier burn 5-6 qts. of oil to space-heat? That would buy a better-bet in good stove-oil. This is getting crazy. Most balk at spending a premium to get a GOOD, RELIABLE part, like Motorcraft, then piss money away on gimmicks! imp

@Mbrooks420 Get a magnet........(or a ROPE!). imp

@Flashflood "Dirty" fans make no more noise than clean ones do. imp

@shane10 As with any relatively obscure seller on the net, there is risk. Your description of the noise as well as metal build-up suggests, in my experience, the possibility of gear misalignment from age and wear. Such condition can often be "felt" with a fingertip on the top edges of the...

@Kevin_MichiganExplorer Not high enough, IMO, unless battery fully charged, which seems unlikely given having run without adequate alternator output previously. I would look for a blown fuse link feeding the alternator-battery main, or link to stator/rotor. If good, check each battery cell...

@massacre Very little here qualifies for apology, IMO. imp

@Mikealine71 If you are referring to the heavy electrical conductor connecting the cable terminal outside the starter solenoid to the contacts inside, I do not recall seeing one as replaceable, at least not easily. I think I've seen them electrically welded-on. However, it should be possible...

@massacre Yes, you are right! Discs, too, CAN fade! Here where we live, State Highway 68 Drops down from the Kingman, AZ end from Union Pass, 3700 feet altitude, to Bullhead City (Laughlin, NV), 500 feet altitude, over a distance of 12 miles. The average grade is 6%. So many trucks have lost...

@Chrisrod2016 Was the tooth contact pattern between pinion gear and ring gear checked and corrected if needed? imp

@gotobob It HAS to make some kind of difference, though maybe small and not pronounced. Ford does not throw away dough on "Engineering abortions" unless the least-senior guys are doing final design (doubtful). "All V6 engines— regardless of the V-angle between the cylinder banks— are...

@CarpeNoctem @Explorer75 If interested, here are a few more tidbits about oil seals. A typical example of a "lip-type seal" (some are designed much differently) below: These are coated with rubber overall. The inside channel, the "backbone" is usually steel, press-fitted into the "seal-bore"...

@doug625 There are only 2. 5R55W, introduced early 2000's, and 5R55S, about 2003 or 2004. Only one main difference exists: 2nd. gear ratio. This throws misinformation to the PCM if one trans is substituted for the other. imp

@Turdle I for one favor leaving well enough alone, after many years of witnessing "butchery" attempted by misinformed home mechanics. If ya want a better vehicle, buy one. imp

@CarpeNoctem "Blowing" oil seal is an old wives' tale from the '50s. I am in a position to refute the story for having worked as an oil seal Engineer, as well as head gasket Engineer most of my life. Seals that are exposed to higher than typical flowing pressures CAN leak, however, often...

@NickH2009 2009 Few will know, maybe none. Fewer will care. Unless absolute factory-duplicity really matters to you, and the application is safety-critical, original fasteners are commonly replaced by more user-friendly ones than OEM......imp

@Benjamin Cloutier Rather impossible to imagine and remark on every single possibility........like counting tree frogs in the Ozarks. Extra keys dangling under there and jangling? imp

@goochman A new one on me! Not sure what's going on.......is it a scam of some sort? Sure, beveled metal nuts or bolt heads tend to "swage" or pein outwards on their edges, just like a chisel "mushrooms" on it's stuck face from hammer blows........but "swelling"? How much can 20 or so...