Hi there,
I'm fairly new here on this forum, so want to say thanks for any replies in advance, since I understand that it is taking away time from more important things you have to do.
I'm looking for experience/advise in regards to a transmission problem with our 2002 Excursion Diesel.
The transmission was running great and without any hickups since we bought the car in 2015. Couple of weeks ago unfortunately a transmission cooler hose came loose and drained out all transmission fluid while we were driving on the freeway. We didn't realize the problem until the car started to slow down and eventually stopped moving. We got it towed home, reconnected the hose and refilled the trans fluid ... car still wouldn't move. We found out that there is no pressure in the system (no liquid coming out of the transmission/cooler), so assume that the pump went out when running dry. We also took the pan off to see if there is any debris in there, but everything looks very clean (see attached pics).
Now the question is if there is an easy way to find out about the condition of the transmission internals (clutches, etc.) without actually disassembling the whole trans. We definitely want to avoid just installing a new pump then find out that the trans still doesn't work when everything is installed back in the car. But we also don't want to just put in a new/rebuilt trans since we don't now if a previous owner might have replaced the trans already earlier (car has 220k miles).
Any advice, experience, insights are highly appreciated.
Thanks much in advance.
C.M.
I'm fairly new here on this forum, so want to say thanks for any replies in advance, since I understand that it is taking away time from more important things you have to do.
I'm looking for experience/advise in regards to a transmission problem with our 2002 Excursion Diesel.
The transmission was running great and without any hickups since we bought the car in 2015. Couple of weeks ago unfortunately a transmission cooler hose came loose and drained out all transmission fluid while we were driving on the freeway. We didn't realize the problem until the car started to slow down and eventually stopped moving. We got it towed home, reconnected the hose and refilled the trans fluid ... car still wouldn't move. We found out that there is no pressure in the system (no liquid coming out of the transmission/cooler), so assume that the pump went out when running dry. We also took the pan off to see if there is any debris in there, but everything looks very clean (see attached pics).
Now the question is if there is an easy way to find out about the condition of the transmission internals (clutches, etc.) without actually disassembling the whole trans. We definitely want to avoid just installing a new pump then find out that the trans still doesn't work when everything is installed back in the car. But we also don't want to just put in a new/rebuilt trans since we don't now if a previous owner might have replaced the trans already earlier (car has 220k miles).
Any advice, experience, insights are highly appreciated.
Thanks much in advance.
C.M.