A rebuilt may be better.
Many brand new components are simply assembled and most of them work.
A rebuild, if done right, has all tolerances checked and so forth.
So a rebuild can be a higher quality unit.
I'm not saying Ford's transmission builder is a Terry Haines, but you have a better chance of getting one there, than on an assembly line of people who just throw the specified parts in there.
I wouldn't worry about it being a rebuilt tranny, as long as it works well.
FWIW,
TB
Tony Boner
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