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From Terry...
...I've had mine in MY contour since 35,000...car now
has 128,000 on the clock...no changes.The Ford data
sheet for testing states the lube must stand up to a
min of 100,000 shifts without breakdown or wear to the
syncro blockers that would cause a crunch
shift...FWIW....
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Originally posted by todras:
$45!!!!! Not $60!!!!!!! About $15 a quart.
Originally posted by Rishodi:
That's if you're lucky. And it's still too damn expensive!! 
What do you mean if you're lucky? From fordpartsonline.com
Item Number MSRP Core Price Price
XT-M5-QS $17.29 $0.00 $12.97
$12.97 a qt plus shipping is $46.86
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watching you two bickering is... 
Ryan
Trollin!
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Hey he wanted to come in here and post. His fault for being illogical. Nice new glasses mang!
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Originally posted by SvtEdwardo420:
ok my tranny blew about 4 months ago and i was running redline, now i took it apart yesterday after seeing this thread is still going and there was not a spec of black gunnk or any sign of anything , and i was runnign it for about a year. so what else could cause that???
-i think it was accidently missed at the bottom of the page as no reply was made.
99 SE V6\5spd - 156 HP\157 TQ 15.166-90.84
Totaled 02/12/06
99 SVT # 1571 - 175 HP\153 TQ 14.999-91.88
Born 3/24/99 Reborn 3/18/06
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Originally posted by todras:
Originally posted by Rishodi:
That's if you're lucky. And it's still too damn expensive!!
Pretty friggin' cheap compared to a new transmission with a blown stock diff. now isn't it?!!!!!!!!!!!!  If you're that much of a tight ass put in regular Valvoline ATF in it! $3 a quart.
Nah, I'd rather not use ATF; that's why I was looking for a good mid-grade alternative between that and the honey. By the way, I'm getting tired of the "cheap compared to a new transmission argument". That's moot. I should be able to drain and fill my transmission with a good lube without spending too much. I'm used to $3-5/quart, and I'm not the only one that thinks the Honey is overpriced.
I don't doubt that you CAN keep Honey in the transmission for quite a long time, but I wouldn't do it. Hell, some people *cough* have kept the stock ATF in their Contour until after 100k miles and I wouldn't have done that either if I could help it. Ford's honey is no miracle fluid; it's still transmission fluid, it gets dirty, and it needs to be changed every so often.
However, I'm glad to hear that it's available for $13/quart plus shipping. That's cheaper than I've ever seen it and beginning to look like more of a reasonable choice.
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Originally posted by SvtEdwardo420:
ok my tranny blew about 4 months ago and i was running redline, now i took it apart yesterday after seeing this thread is still going and there was not a spec of black gunnk or any sign of anything , and i was runnign it for about a year. so what else could cause that???
Uh oh, what's this? Someone else running MTL and found no signs of the sludge? 
To answer your question though, quite simply these transmissions were not as well designed as they could be. After a few years of wear, the differential and the synchros are prone to give out. It's not at all an uncommon issue.
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Originally posted by pole120:
-i think it was accidently missed at the bottom of the page as no reply was made.
Oh we saw it but I don't see him posting any pics of his transmission. He could be starting flamebait. Seeing his posts in the SE MI regional forum I don't trust most of his posts.
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Originally posted by Rishodi:
Nah, I'd rather not use ATF; that's why I was looking for a good mid-grade alternative between that and the honey. By the way, I'm getting tired of the "cheap compared to a new transmission argument". That's moot. I should be able to drain and fill my transmission with a good lube without spending too much. I'm used to $3-5/quart, and I'm not the only one that thinks the Honey is overpriced.
Why are you tired of it? Because it's true? You buy a 23k SVT and can't part with $45 every 4 years for a fluid change. With an estimated average yearly mileage of 12k. What is that $11.50 a year that breaks down to? Do you use synthetic Mobil 1 in your SVT like most on here do? (Probably run the $1 a qt stuff from the corner store huh?) If you do it yourself it's about $25-30 an oil change every oil change every 5k? Makes the trans fluid sound like a bargain eh and your logic wack now doesn't it? Should have bought a Yugo.
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Originally posted by Rishodi:
After a few years of wear, the differential and the synchros are prone to give out. It's not at all an uncommon issue.
Umm NO! I had 130k when my 2.5 spun a bearing. My stock MTX looked great when I had a Quaife installed!!!! Big Jim has 200+k on his SVT without any motor or tranny work. Proof that aggresive maintenance works. Nice try on that angle though. 
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