dont know but heres a bump

 

thanks......

 

well, I took it for a drive today to let the transmission heat up so I could check the trans cooler on the advice of the trans shop. well, the cooler seams to be working fine, both lines get warm. What has me stumped now is that the transmission doesn't overheat now no matter what I do. what do you guys think I should do... just drive it and see what happens or send it to the shop anyways?

 

My 01 did that a couple of time disconnected the batteries and it was fine..

 

I tried that, left them unhooked while I went to my dads that night, then came back to the same thing again

 

How long since it has been serviced? My buddy's '97 started shifting hard and overheating on a hunting trip. Eventually it lost O/D and would only go for about 35-40 miles till it would overheat and start slipping so bad that it couldn't be driven till it cooled down. Pulled the pan and there was a bunch of clutch material and junk plugging the filter. Fresh filter and fluid was enough of a fix to get it 100+ miles home (still no O/D) and ultimately the tranny is smoked.

 

I have no clue how long it's been, I jsut got the truck about a month ago, and honestly didnt even think about the trannie needing work. it's at the trannie shop now.

 

do you have an aftermarket trans gauge? the stock one is useless... by the time it hits the red its way too late.. you were prob over 210 easily....

 

not yet, I have Isspro gauges ordered, but unfortuneately not yet. The weird thing is that I looked at my gauges about 2 minutes before and they were all fine. I guess the trannie heats up wuick when something goes wrong.

 

well everyone, I took it to the trannie shop today and they said they think the torque converter is going bad, and they are gonna check to see what else is going on while it's out. Anyone have any reccomendations on what type of torque converter to put in, I want it to be able to withstand hard driving as long as possible

 

just replace it with a triple disc converter....

 

ats converter:thumb:

 

there is a tc at the dealership that i just got to replace my broke one. it was 600 bucks and if you take your bad one in, they give you a 100 bucks back. i got the triple disc 600+ hp withstand and it works great. also check your input shaft from your tc to your tranny. check the splines

 

If you are up for some custom work I've heard that the new 6.4 TC can be made to work with the 5R110 or was that the 4R100, not sure..

Just thought I would throw that out there.

 

Sorry I didn' get to you before you took it to the trans shop. It is a defective temp sensor. It can be changed with a pan drop. Common problem, easy fix.

 

thats ok, ya got to me in time. I had him check the sensors before he took the tranny out. it's no good though, cuz the tq is shot, and we'll know more once he has time to take it all apart this week. Thanks for the reply

 

ok, so I searched a little more and found this link.

http://www.powerstroke.org/forum/6-0-trannie-problems/1865-trans-temp-gauge-pegged-red.html

that oretty much lays it all out clear as day, I need a new trans temo sensor. doeas anyone know where I can get on, or have the part number for the stealership, I have no warranty on anything so I am gonna try it myself. thanks

 

I'm having tranny problems too. Hang in there. My truck has been at Ford since Monday to try and fix the slipping.

 

it needs a updated trans internal harness and trans temp sensor i been doing alot of 2003 to 2004 trucks for this concern

 

well my problem nowis that I got the parts you advised me to get. all of the parts fit except the wiring harness. The new harness they gave me is pert # 4c3z-7g276-aa and the original is part # 3c3p-7g276-aa. The new harness is 5 plugs short of being able attach to all the sensors and the stealership doesnt know how to remedy this. Are there actually two harnesses, or do I just have the totally wrong harness? My truck is sitting at the transmission shop all took apart waiting to figure this out, and I am stumped and Ford is being of absolutely no help whatsoever. Thanks for any additional help you guys can give.

 

how much does that cost approximately? is it something I can do, or do I have to have the dealer do it? thanks for the info

 

to replace the internal wiring harness and sensor you have to remove the trans pan and valvebody the parts you need are the wiring harness,tft sensor,valve body gasket and harness oring and 8 qts of sp fluid as for prices i dont remember each dealer if diff and havent done one i about a 6 months

 

ok, last question for now, hopefully... will it hurt the tranny to drive it for a little while until I can get the cash to fix it?

 

I'm not aware of the need for a internal harness to fix this problem. I've fixed all with just the sensor.

 

well, FORDDEISELTECH said I need the trans internal wiring harness so we tried to put it in, but ford had a different harness. we just put the old one back in and now it works greats. Sorry I forgot to update the thread.

 

the new harness is updated it does not use the pressure sensors it is something us ford techs do those 5 plugs = 10 less wires to ground/short out

 

oh, I understand. I wish the tech at my dealership would have explained that to me. thanks for the help

 

Diespower88, are you saying you got a triple disc converter from the dealer?? Do you have the part #??