majorgator wrote:
blderman wrote:
The 4r100 in your truck is not know for longevity or durability when towing heavy. Your best bet is to replace it with a BTS or John Wood transmission and never worry about it again. Gonna run you about $5000 though.
Actually, the 4R100 (manual) is well known for longevity and durability. It's the E4OD (auto) that everyone complains about. I actually find that the E4OD is a good tranny, but like many, proper and frequent maintanence is required.
To the OP, if you bought it from a rancher, then it's probably been very well used and abused. I've been involved with farming for most of my life, but I never can understand why so many people of this lifestyle fail to maintain their vehicles. If I were you, I'd copy/paste your post to a truck forum. Go to something like ford-trucks.com or powerstroke.org.
WHAT ... that is pure junk and I don't know where you came up with all that nonsense and I find your statement "I actually found that the E40D is a good tranny" unbelievable. As pointed out the 4R100 is an auto as was the E40D which was the prior auto used before the 99+ SDs came out. I'm at a loss at how someone could come up with such a basic misunderstanding of these trannies.
Larry
