How to know if my 5R55E transmission is rebuilt: On bench

[1992fordgreen]

Hi again guys
Wondering how I would know if my 5R55E transmission is rebuilt. It is on the bench. Can I find out just by inspecting it? The bolts are blue instead of stock silver, and the caps are turned around. Tranny pan gasket seems to be like new. I have no records, reason being this tranny came off of a JY Explorer.
Knowledge shed on this subject would be appreciative.

OR if there is another thread on this, (I can't find one) it'd be cool to show me where it is. Thankls

 

[1992fordgreen]

Brooklyn? bump...

 

[wood1]

How about a bump?

I know that when the A4LD is rebuilt the pump seal has to be staked in. You can see if it has been done before. I think the pump bolts are suppose to be blue too.

 

[1992fordgreen]

How about a bump?

I know that when the A4LD is rebuilt the pump seal has to be staked in. You can see if it has been done before. I think the pump bolts are suppose to be blue too.

What do you mean by "staked in"? I guess the blue bolts on the pump gear are stock...though...somebody said it could have been rebuilt because of that.
thansk

 

[wood1]

The seal sits in low enough that the metal around it can be bent over the edge of the seal slightly to keep it in place. They use a special tool and every time the seal is replaced (trans rebuilt) there are new marks.

 

[drdoom]

No way to really tell.

 

[1992fordgreen]

So based on the information I gave, do you think my 5R could have been rebuilt?
Don't know if they do this when they rebuild, but there is a sticker on the tranny that says "2013" and "98 Explorer 4.0". It's cheap paper sticker, does this mean anything or is this original?
Thanks for your input all.

 

[rickybobby]

That sticker is from the JY. Is the torque converter painted or bare metal? the stock converter is bare metal but most aftermarket ones are painted. Blue seems to be a poular color. The used one I bought had an mfg date sticker on it too, so i knew it had been rebuilt shortly before the truck was wrecked.

 

[1992fordgreen]

That sticker is from the JY. Is the torque converter painted or bare metal? the stock converter is bare metal but most aftermarket ones are painted. Blue seems to be a poular color. The used one I bought had an mfg date sticker on it too, so i knew it had been rebuilt shortly before the truck was wrecked.

The sticker was inaccessible for the JY, unless they would pull the trans out. The sticker was/is on the very top of the transmission. The torque converter was already gone from the tranny when I got the tranny at the JY, (somebody purchased it). I actually have noticed re-manufactured converters be painted blue. Will there be any MFG date sticker on my trans? Or is that sticker I saw it? Thanks for the replies.

 

[1992fordgreen]

Looks like it's rebuilt. Thanks