K80777
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- 1989 Ford Aerostar
Hey, all. Me again....I think the reverse/high clutch in my tranny went out. I have rebuilt it twice now.
First rebuild here: http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=182244
After the second time I towed a 5800 Lb. cargo trailer from Topeka to Oklahoma City in three days. It took three days because the first day out the tranny started ejecting fluid and caused me to start smoking. Once I got to Oklahoma City, the 4th gear was out for about two months. Then I took it out on the highway and over-revved in third until fourth finally kicked in. When it did, it worked for about a mile, then it locked up so bad I went from 65 to 25 in maybe 200 ft. When I recovered from that, it was normal again, everything worked, and continued to work for about a year.
Then the first winter storm blew through about three weeks ago and there was a foot of snow on the ground everywhere, with drifts up to four feet tall. I had to do a lot of rocking my way out of places, and that's when my tranny went south. Very weak reverse, and 3rd works maybe 5% of the time. Otherwise 3rd works for two seconds and then slips back out to nothing.
I'm really thinking it's my reverse-high clutch, but I'm hoping I can get away with doing a REALLY cheap re-build this time. I still have the torque wrench I bought from Glacier991 back in '07, and I have built a trailer (the one I towed down here) to work in. I have a huge jack, and this time there WILL be pictures.
Brooklyn, any help you could offer me in getting a picture u/l account would be much appreciated....I wanted to post pictures last time, too, but had to deal with same issues....
I know about photo bucket and what not, but they are un-reliable services and if I'm going to go to the trouble of taking pictures and U/Ld'ing them for everyone, I don't think it's out of line to ask for the capability to U/L them somewhere that will be around as long as the thread itself...
I will post with K80 when I remember the password......lol.
First rebuild here: http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=182244
After the second time I towed a 5800 Lb. cargo trailer from Topeka to Oklahoma City in three days. It took three days because the first day out the tranny started ejecting fluid and caused me to start smoking. Once I got to Oklahoma City, the 4th gear was out for about two months. Then I took it out on the highway and over-revved in third until fourth finally kicked in. When it did, it worked for about a mile, then it locked up so bad I went from 65 to 25 in maybe 200 ft. When I recovered from that, it was normal again, everything worked, and continued to work for about a year.
Then the first winter storm blew through about three weeks ago and there was a foot of snow on the ground everywhere, with drifts up to four feet tall. I had to do a lot of rocking my way out of places, and that's when my tranny went south. Very weak reverse, and 3rd works maybe 5% of the time. Otherwise 3rd works for two seconds and then slips back out to nothing.
I'm really thinking it's my reverse-high clutch, but I'm hoping I can get away with doing a REALLY cheap re-build this time. I still have the torque wrench I bought from Glacier991 back in '07, and I have built a trailer (the one I towed down here) to work in. I have a huge jack, and this time there WILL be pictures.
Brooklyn, any help you could offer me in getting a picture u/l account would be much appreciated....I wanted to post pictures last time, too, but had to deal with same issues....
I know about photo bucket and what not, but they are un-reliable services and if I'm going to go to the trouble of taking pictures and U/Ld'ing them for everyone, I don't think it's out of line to ask for the capability to U/L them somewhere that will be around as long as the thread itself...
I will post with K80 when I remember the password......lol.
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