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No, I think you are referring to the "plate" over the speed sensor ... that's to protect the sensor housing 
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Oh. Protect it from what? Is there going to be a tranny attack???? 
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Can't really say ... I didn't ask for this little mod, but it showed up that way. I'm sure Terry has a good reason for welding it in there. Maybe to "bridge the gap" and add a little strength to the box? I'm not sure ... it wasn't talked about in the 50+ emails we swapped during the work.
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Yeah. Probably swapped you an already built tranny. If he didn't add it in the costs for your buildup, then I'd expect it might be a repaired housing at first glance.
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Originally posted by warmonger:
Protect it from what?
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Originally posted by warmonger:
Yeah. Probably swapped you an already built tranny. If he didn't add it in the costs for your buildup, then I'd expect it might be a repaired housing at first glance.
Ahh ... makes sense now: Terry emailed me about 3 weeks ago that he was loading the tranny from the work bench into it's tub and the trans slipped off the "sling" he was using. Said it cracked the case on impact. He said that he needed to swap the internals over to a used case that he had (on of his I think) and would explain this mod.
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The yellow counter-weight makes for %20 faster shifts, right? 
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Originally posted by Stazi:
The yellow counter-weight makes for %20 faster shifts, right?
Bwahahaha 
Good belly laugh for me since I hadn't seen a lot of yellow lately.
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Well, I got in contact with Terry and it turns out that this is a new modification that he is doing and I now remember him talking to me about before approving the work. I wasn't sure what the job involved, thus it didn't ring a bell to me when I saw it.
It's a reinforcement mod to stiffen the diff carrier area of the trans to reduce diff flex that can occur. If you look at the "new" Focus MTX-75 transmissions, this "span" is now filled for this exact reason. We all know FORD wouldn't do this for no reason as it ads costs to have an engineer figure out why it needs it and to retool the assembly line.
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Originally posted by fastcougar:
Well, I got in contact with Terry and it turns out that this is a new modification that he is doing and I now remember him talking to me about before approving the work. I wasn't sure what the job involved, thus it didn't ring a bell to me when I saw it.
It's a reinforcement mod to stiffen the diff carrier area of the trans to reduce diff flex that can occur. If you look at the "new" Focus MTX-75 transmissions, this "span" is now filled for this exact reason. We all know FORD wouldn't do this for no reason as it ads costs to have an engineer figure out why it needs it and to retool the assembly line.
Thatâ??s a whole lot better than â??I accidentally dropped your case and cracked it, but donâ??t worry, I welded this lovely plate on the side to repair the damage!â?
Sounds like a good modification to me. I look forward to sending my transmission to Terry and will probably ask him to do the same modification. I hope he doesnâ??t get to busy for this kind of stuff in the future.
I think Iâ??ll skip the fluorescent paint though 
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