New F350 purchase - but its' an automatic ....

[OnDaRoad]

New F350 purchase - but its' an automatic - advice on servicing the tranny please ?

I just bought another truck
1991 F350 w/7.3 IDI - ATS turbo - crew cab
160,00 miles
Same owner for (11) years who babied it
He could of been my brother ....

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Only thing I don't care for - automatic tranny

It has a 4:10 rear end with a FOTZ*7V00*LRM automatic
with overdrive button on the dash - transmission was replaced
60K ago in 1999 by Ford along with processor assembly, tachometer sensor,
tripminder assembly.

He added a tranny cooler with a dash mount temperature gauge.

The shifts are hard & quick but that is without any trailer
or towed load.

I am planning on having the tranny completely flushed, filter changed,
fluid replaced before putting it into service.

Would you recommend draining the tranny, installing a new filter
and fluid, do a complete flushing, drain a second time and put in
a second filter ?

That is what I am planning to do ...

Also, what tranny fluid to use?

I like Royal Purple diff oil, I run 85/140 in my 4:10 rear end
on my 1990 F350 now so I was thinking of maybe putting
Royal purple tranny fluid in .....

If you don't know - I tow


Thanks!


Jim

 

[gandalf]

No need to farm the job out. Changing transmission fluid is fairly easy. I've done it in my driveway. The instructions have been posted, long ago, but I lost track of that. I have them in a word doc, a bit long to paste in here. I can PM them to you if you'd like. They're labeled as being for a '99 Superduty, but the process is the same.

At the same time I'd suggest changing the filter, and changing to a deeper pan on the E4OD, one with a drain plug.I have part numbers for that too.

 

[OnDaRoad]

Thanks Ken

Thanks Ken,

I do my own service on my trucks but I was planning on completely
flushing all the old fluid out, especially if I went with synthetic tranny
fluid .....


Jim

 

[GRU]

thats actually a horribly difficult job. in fact its so bad id hate for you to even try it. since im gonna be in that side of the state saturday taking cincinnati guys dually off his hands ill just grab that one too!! think i can stack 2 crewcabs on a 26' trailer????

 

[towcat]

thats actually a horribly difficult job. in fact its so bad id hate for you to even try it. since im gonna be in that side of the state saturday taking cincinnati guys dually off his hands ill just grab that one too!! think i can stack 2 crewcabs on a 26' trailer????

Once he finds out the truck you're coming to get is a bolt-action, you might not leave with it.

 

[Cincinnati Guy]

Ondaroad, is that picture at the Truck stop off I70 in Spiceland?

 

[GRU]

is there a limit to how many vehicles you can trade in a day??? i do like that truck except for the damn front ends. well you know, if he hunts me down on I 71 saturday afternoon with his on the trailer then MAYBE id just have to look at it...

 

[OnDaRoad]

No .....

Ondaroad, is that picture at the Truck stop off I70 in Spiceland?

No ......

That is the Flying J in Stockton, CA
I buy my trucks in CA - WA - OR

No rust



Jim

 

[towcat]

you willing to move sheetmetal from kali to MI?

 

[oldmisterbill]

When you change your tranny filter , Make sure you have a big humpin cooler-install a od lock up switch & go for it.

 

[Agnem]

That's a real beauty! Nice find. Congrats. Love the trailer too. I don't own one, but borrow a 2 axle and have never had anything bigger than standard cab models on it. It's not a gooseneck so loading is a pain, and you have to be sensitive as to where on the trailer you put it.

 

[Optikalillushun]

i would add a secondary filter, perferably a simple remote mount oil filter style. those in pan filters are more like screens with a pick up tube.

i second the deep sump pan/one with a drain plug. while u are in there, make a little clip to hold the end of the filter furthest away from where it goes into the valve body. sometimes the filters wiggle loose and cause a sluggish-then-hard or no reverse.

 

[OnDaRoad]

Good previous owner ...

i would add a secondary filter, perferably a simple remote mount oil filter style. those in pan filters are more like screens with a pick up tube.

i second the deep sump pan/one with a drain plug. while u are in there, make a little clip to hold the end of the filter furthest away from where it goes into the valve body. sometimes the filters wiggle loose and cause a sluggish-then-hard or no reverse.

I am in Nashville, TN today ....
I just had enough time to change the oil & filter on the new truck
and take it for 100 mile test drive.
I left it at a friends house in CA.

I have been looking for a few months, as you guys know it is hard to find
a well cared for IDI with relatively low miles.

This one has the deep tranny pan w/ drain plug, a tranny filter with
rockguard installed under the truck, supplemental cooling fan at
the radiator, coolant temp gauge.

I really want to completely flush the tranny out - the only way to
do that I know of is by a power flusher at a reputable shop.

Also, what do you guys think about Royal Purple tranny fluid?

 

[Dsl_Dog_Treat]

you willing to move sheetmetal from kali to MI?

I'm listening.

 

[93f250idi]

nice truck!!!