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Any transmissions leaks or when was the last time you had any transmission service done?
Right now, without any other information, it sounds like the transmission fluid is low (or needs replacement). Transmission fluid expands and contracts with temperatures. Considering your are in Virginia you're probably getting some really cold temps so while borderline low fluid may not have been noticeable at higher temps, it will start to show up when the temps drop.
could be a valve body, bad solenoid, or it needs a good flush. supposed to be changed at 60K mileage. It's normally a dealer thing, most shops have no idea what the drain plug on that tranny is!
I've done it several times on mine twice immediately after the valve body shift kit installations to refill the transmission and twice a few hundred miles after install to verify fluid level again for maintenance. You don't have to use the Ford/OTC tool, just get a 1/8 brass NPT male to 1/4" female NPT fitting then a 1/4" male NPT fitting to whatever hose size barb you want to use.
I used one of those two gallon sized garden weed sprayers to make a pressurized transmission fluid delivery system. I used clear 3/8" fuel resistant hose from Ace Hardware and a ball valve to control the fluid flow once pressurized. Remove the small torx drain plug on the tranny, put your brass fitting in, hook up your hose, add your fluid to the jug, pump it up, turn the ball valve to turn on the flow and just watch the fluid flow. Pump it occasionally to keep the pressure up. Hand pumps are messy, really awkward, and slow, so are hand siphons. The pressurized sprayer method only took about 15 minutes for 8 quarts of fluid to flow using 3/8 ID hose.
I'll take a picture tonight and post it in this thread. (Pictures now added)
If you drain and refill the tranny pan, it's about 5.5 quarts. If you drain, remove the tranny pan, then refill it's about 6-6.5 quarts (one quart hangs out in the bottom of the pan cause the drain plug is not the lowest point). If you drain the fluid, remove the pan, and do anything with the valve body or solenoid pack, it's 7.5-8 quarts for refill.
Last edited by Derf00; 11-16-2018 at 09:35 PM.
Reason: Added pictures
Lol, so I had the files named Trans Pump 1 and Trans Pump 2, guess the thread didn't like it cos it wouldn't let me upload them. Now they are called 1 and 2 and they uploaded...go figure! Anyways, I also added a quick disconnect on the trans side for easy storage and cleaning.
Wow. I think there's some open heart surgeries that are simpler to perform than this. LOL
i don't have any equipment or tools whatsoever, let alone jackstands and ramps. I'm going to get it to a shop and see if a flush does the trick. I find it suspicious that the transmission is just shot THAT fast with no warning...
11-14-2018, 12:32 PM
transmission about to die
A jack and four jack stands or a couple of ramps for the font and two jack stands for the rear.
