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Thank you guys for sharing what your experiences have been. Mind you I have *never* rebuilt a 5R55E trannie (though it is very close, VERY close to the A4LD - more bearings and some other upgrades mainly) and I have *never* before rebuilt a 5R55E valve body...though numerous A4LD's... so I am just doing my homework and sharing what I find here. Others who have experiences are invited to join in, a good collaborative thread is valuable. We can share and learn from one another.
I'm with ROE in being a little surprised that FORD didn't use bonded gaskets on all of the upgraded separator plates, but as I think about it I am thinking it was the 98's or newer that were exhibiting the majority of the gasket blowout problems (don't ask me why, it just sticks from somewhere...) so maybe they only did it for the later years - I dunno. I have wondered about the prospect of using spray contact cement on a gasket... aligning it carefully on the VB, pulling it off to allow it to cure then putting in some guide screws (yeah I will be making some of those and show it in the thread) and cementing your own.... seems like overkill... but if it helps.... Just a random thought. Comments ?
Anyway 'Greg S' and 'Runnin on Empty', and Don thanks for your input, keep jumping in if you have anything to add or see something I miss or should cover more thoroughly or clearly. 'Greg S' - PM me on the manual please.
btw. I am going to sell the old Sep plate, modified with the Transgo rivet in hole 50 and with the transgo popoff valve if anyone is interested and just wants to do THAT mod only. PM me.
I'm with ROE in being a little surprised that FORD didn't use bonded gaskets on all of the upgraded separator plates, but as I think about it I am thinking it was the 98's or newer that were exhibiting the majority of the gasket blowout problems (don't ask me why, it just sticks from somewhere...) so maybe they only did it for the later years - I dunno. I have wondered about the prospect of using spray contact cement on a gasket... aligning it carefully on the VB, pulling it off to allow it to cure then putting in some guide screws (yeah I will be making some of those and show it in the thread) and cementing your own.... seems like overkill... but if it helps.... Just a random thought. Comments ?
Anyway 'Greg S' and 'Runnin on Empty', and Don thanks for your input, keep jumping in if you have anything to add or see something I miss or should cover more thoroughly or clearly. 'Greg S' - PM me on the manual please.
btw. I am going to sell the old Sep plate, modified with the Transgo rivet in hole 50 and with the transgo popoff valve if anyone is interested and just wants to do THAT mod only. PM me.