2001ExpSport
Elite Explorer
- Joined
- July 23, 2000
- Messages
- 3,343
- Reaction score
- 1
- City, State
- Chicago, Il
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2001 Sport
Runnin'OnEmpty said:Good job, Matt. So how does it shift? I presume the 2-3 flare is gone? And did you replace the EPC solenoid?
I did mine almost a year ago, with about 11K miles on it now, and still no problems. (Knock on wood and cross fingers.) I noticed immediately after doing the work, that the transmission seemed to shift at more uniform RPM points. Seemed to change gears much better than when stock. Hope yours is doing as well.
Have to go now; gotta chase that fat man and his reindeer off my roof.....
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all,
ROE
Thank you and Happy Holidays!
I'm taking a break from my guests, so here's the rundown...
These items were not installed:
Pressure Riser(The pressure riser supplied with this correction package keeps line pressure at a consistent level during operation. Why?)
Coast clutch spacer(couldn't get it out and was not willing to force it)
Remote servo spring something or other(blue color)
My 5R55E has 104k on it and my particular issue was the 3rd shift flare and it's been fixed. It still is a less solid shift compared to the first two points, but the rpm flare is completely gone. It's actually the "3rd" shift point and all points after that are softer than points one and two. Am I making sense?
I did not change the EPC since I did not feel it was a problem area and again, it can easily be changed later.
Here is what I immediately noticed:
Better resonse from stop
No Reverse delay(mine was slight at best, now it's completely gone)
Solid shifts under medium/heavy accel
OEM shifts normal accel
More consistant shifting points
Shifting into OD is late(which is nice to me, I hated early shifts into OD)
Solid down shifts
Most noticable was the response and firmness. Before mods the 5R55E seemed confused more than anything else, my guess is this was caused by 6 seperate seal blowouts on the sep plate. Now it's definitely in shape.
Like I stated earlier, it would be great if there were explainations for each individual bore mod and causes of listed fixes.
Oh and I put a drain plug in too.
I will update my 5R55E's health here periodically, for the sake of science.
I am also interested to know when the clutch bands come into play. Is there a seperate band for each gear or a set of bands that operate on every shift?
Regards,
Matt