Originally posted by Jonboy152:
Originally posted by hetfield:
If it makes you feel any better, I lost my ATX at 55000 miles, only 10k miles after I bought the car. I paid about $2500 to have it replaced, and now I'm making sure I get routine flushes on top of my own regular maintenance.



I really hope it's going to be a brand new transmission....not a reman....or even something from an older year. It better be new....or better than new. I'm going to rip some ass at ford if it jacks up again.



It will be a remain, you can count on that. And almost the only way that you will be sure to make sure this does not happen again, is to do two things...

1) Maintaince, Maintaince, Maintaince!
2) Have the tranny rebuilt, unless you see that the company that is providing the tranny rebuilds it "properly".

Honestly, it sounds like you should do a great deal of reading in the tranny forums. I have a ton of info there on the CD4E and what to do that will keep this from happening again.

P.S. And by the way; from the way you describe it, it sounds like your pump went out and there is a gear replacment kit avaliable from Sonnax that solves this problem. The lack of fluid flow may have damaged some other items, so it would be best to rebuild or replace with a quality remain anyway. The prices for both, combined with labor, are about the same.

Phillip Jackson `98 Mystique LS 262K+ and counting... ATX rebuilt @ 151K "This storm has broken me, my only friend!" RIP Dime