PDA

View Full Version : Auto trans swap (woes)


Hawker
03-17-2009, 03:22 PM
leave it to me...

the long story short, I picked up a 4r100 for $700 and expected to swap it out for my zf6. well...

ford doesn't make the underhood harness for my truck anymore, so tracking one down is nearly impossible. ends up that i'll have to run a PCS. +$850

the trans had to be rebuilt anyways, but i didn't know how bad it really was. i bought it knowing it had been in water, and shifting was 'eh' with it. assuming it wasn't able to build pressure to shift because of the water.

my transmission guy (Champion in West Haven) found some chips in the pan, and not from the trans itself, so it had to come from the TC. wonderful. NOW, i'm looking at another $1900 to rebuild the trans, added tailshaft to convert it from the 4wd to 2wd, all new clutches and seals, including a shift kit and a new low stall billet TC.

now I'm upwards of $3250 to swap out the trans... :wtf2:

Jim
03-17-2009, 04:23 PM
eeeesh what a :nutkick: hope you can sell off all that ZF stuff to make some of your $$ back.

Hawker
03-17-2009, 04:31 PM
eh, it's a 2wd zf6, you can't put a transfer case on it because the internals are different. hopefully someone is looking for a 2wd zf6, or just a core.