BurbMan wrote:
That's a nice thought but the OP has to get her rig out to CA so John Wood can work on it, and if it fails in the field the only warranty is through him. Every dink town has a Jasper dealer or Ford dealer or Aamco dealer, and if the OP has roadside service through Good Sam or CoachNet, the rig can be easily towed in for warranty service. Even bulletproof trannies can fail, and I would rather have the nationwide support network when I'm traveling vs betting that it won't fail at all.
That's just me, OP has to make her own decision on this.
I hear what you are saying ,BUT your odds really are so much better with the two builders BTS , and John Woods, and they stand behind what they do also. My money is on those guys, no consolation on the Ammco's Jaspers etc if you are sitting beside the road.
Having experience with the 4R100 for nearly 16 years I can tell you more of them have been killed because of the crappy cooling system, but it doesn't seem to sink in here. A 31 row 6.0 cooler will cure more potential problems then anything with the 4R100. Before I ever started towing heavy I installed the 6.0 cooler, and in the 12 years or so of heavy towing I never had an issue with that tranny. Most don't seem to get it on these transmissions .
