Russ in CT
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- November 11, 2002
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- City, State
- Milford, CT
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '99 XLT
$500+ in labor invovled in doing this TSB?
OK, so I've reading about the problems with the 5sp auto, sloppy shifts, missing 2nd or 3rd gear, no engine braking in 1st, etc, and the old TSB (02-08-02) and the new TSB (03-22-10). My symptoms (99 Explorer SOHC) are sloppy 2-3 shift and no engine braking in 1st, and I'm pretty sure this TSB is my problem. So I call the dealer to find out how much they'd charge me for doing the TSB (the new one, 03-22-10), and its 6 hours plus parts! At $88/hour, that is over $500 just in labor.
But the parts (from TSB 03-22-10) are like $30 online, valve body and separator plate. Seems easy enough to do myself, but then why is it 6 hours of labor from the dealer just to drop the pan, drop the filter, drop the valve body & plate, and pop the new parts in?
The dealer says the TSB specifies some modifications that also need to be made (to something, couldn't get them to tell me what). All I have is the TSB summary, doesn't tell you what the actual repair steps are.
Does anyone have the full text of this TSB (03-22-10), and/or has replaced the parts, the 'special service kit' 7M203 updated main control valve body assembly and 7z490 separator plate? Is it as simple as dropping the pan and replacing these two parts, or is there really more to it?
It wouldn't surprise me if the stealer was trying to inflate the labor invovled, when I first asked how much doing this TSB would cost, he told me my problem was the torque converter, and that the TSB I had was outdated...
OK, so I've reading about the problems with the 5sp auto, sloppy shifts, missing 2nd or 3rd gear, no engine braking in 1st, etc, and the old TSB (02-08-02) and the new TSB (03-22-10). My symptoms (99 Explorer SOHC) are sloppy 2-3 shift and no engine braking in 1st, and I'm pretty sure this TSB is my problem. So I call the dealer to find out how much they'd charge me for doing the TSB (the new one, 03-22-10), and its 6 hours plus parts! At $88/hour, that is over $500 just in labor.
But the parts (from TSB 03-22-10) are like $30 online, valve body and separator plate. Seems easy enough to do myself, but then why is it 6 hours of labor from the dealer just to drop the pan, drop the filter, drop the valve body & plate, and pop the new parts in?
The dealer says the TSB specifies some modifications that also need to be made (to something, couldn't get them to tell me what). All I have is the TSB summary, doesn't tell you what the actual repair steps are.
Does anyone have the full text of this TSB (03-22-10), and/or has replaced the parts, the 'special service kit' 7M203 updated main control valve body assembly and 7z490 separator plate? Is it as simple as dropping the pan and replacing these two parts, or is there really more to it?
It wouldn't surprise me if the stealer was trying to inflate the labor invovled, when I first asked how much doing this TSB would cost, he told me my problem was the torque converter, and that the TSB I had was outdated...