Originally posted by RawDirte':
Originally posted by dubkatz:
Originally posted by RawDirte':
blocking oil from the diff.



Im no Terry h. but i have pulled and split my own tranny on my kitchen table, and im curious how you can block fluid from getting to the diff?



LUBE IS SUSPENDING DEBRIS AND THIS 'PASTE' IS BLOCKING OFF THE 'OIL FEED" FLATS TO THE BEARING AREAS



Ummm You don't know what you are talking about do you?. There is an oil drain or feed hole but the bearings spin. The bearings are not sealed off by themselves, they are pressed onto the diff and it is in full contact with the fluid, at LEAST 50% of the way up the diff. High enough in fact that if you go and pull an axle right now, fluid will run out of the transmission. How is that NOT able to get to at least the bottom end of the bearings. Did the paste turn itself into a lip seal and seal off the bearing area entirely...despite the fact that it moves?
If the bearing is full of metal paste then it didn't happen overnight and it didn't happen in four of five months.
It happened over 4 or 5 years!
Lack of maintenance damaged your transmission.
I think the diff as a 'part' sucks but the transmission and its design as a whole are pretty darn good. The fluid recommeded in it are what really suck! Ford should have sprung a few extra bucks for some good fluid from day one so that this trans didn't have as many issues. Dino ATF in this trans sucks.

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