Old Soldier wrote:

The Rebuilder knew from the beginning I was going to do the work in my shop. Had he mentioned he wouldn't have warranted it, I would have had the job done locally. As for money, I did save a bunch. With freight both ways, the parts I wanted (supposedly) installed, the whole price was $1800. Local shops wanted $2000, and I supply the parts.

Bottom line is Ford's E4OD transmission's are junk.

Thanks for the input on this thread. It IS appreciated.

T18skyguy wrote:

My brother in law is friends with a guy who runs the largest transmission shop in Los Angeles. this is what he told him regarding the E4OD. The E4OD is basically a C6 with an overdrive grafted on. There we're constant problems related to the overdrive and numerous design changes up until 1995 when they finally got it right. He also said that he had never repaired a E40D that ran synthetic fluid.

"In the auto repair business we feel customers who do their own work are like people who want to repressent themselves in court without a lawyer... "

Regarding this remark, people don't buy cars to employ mechanics, plus you never know if you get a vehicle that the owner might be smarter than you are at what your doing. They just might not have the time or inclination to do it. Treating customers like their idiot's will put you out of business real fast.