looking at newer RV
I have been looking at maybe changing to an A class. I noticed that they changed the ford v10 from 05 to 06 and also the transmission to a 5 speed. I have looked at some very nice 05's but I don't kno...
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pnichols wrote:Hi pnichols,ron.dittmer wrote:Ron ... :h
One item in our 2007 TorqShift transmission that Ford discontinued in later years is that we have an additional external bell jar style transmission oil filter. The internal cartridge resembles a roll of toilet paper. I think the 2006 also has it. It seems good to have for extra filtering and also extra cooling. Ford discontinued it after 2007, I assume they considered it excessive protection and discontinued it to cut cost. I wonder if the external filter setup dates back further.
I've been down under my E450 many times and never noticed that canister - OTHER THAN in your photo it looks exactly like my V10's engine oil filter cartridge with a lot of dirt on it. The replacement screw-on oil filters I use are usually white color.
But ... in your photo it looks like a leaf spring is near that canister??? My E450 of course has no leaf springs in the front (.. but the discontinued V10 powered E550 van chassis did have leaf springs in the front).
If there is some kind of external transmission filter under there - then I've never noticed or changed it. If so, maybe that's why my Class C's original 5R110 Torqshift transmission failed at around 60K miles!
I cannot say for certain, but my foggy memory on research I did long ago says the extra external transmission filter was introduced for model year 2006 and deleted for 2008, just a two year run for the 2006 and 2007 model years. I wonder if Ford added it to address a deficiency, then resolved the matter for the 2008 model year.
ADDING: I don't get it. I am more confused now that I just compared Torqshift transmission fluid capacities for 2005 and 2007. They are the same at 17.5 quarts. Are you certain you don't have that bell jar?
