60k dealer or nah

[dtech]

$187 for each diff? holy freaking rip off! if we lived close enough I'd do it for $75 a piece if you can't handle it.

remove fill plug
remove drain plug
drain junk out
replace drain plug with fresh sealer
fill with proper lube
replace fill plug with fresh sealer

15 minutes taking your time. I did mine with the first oil change and the crap that came out was bad. it was black as night and had a nice metallic shimmer and that was 4000 miles. Can't imagine what it looks like at 60,000 miles


FYI it's the same process for the transfer case

15 minutes - I'm impressed. At my age takes 15 minutes just to get under the car. ?

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[myothercarizahearse]

15 minutes - I'm impressed. At my age takes 15 minutes just to get under the car. ?

or the time it takes gathering blankets and a pillow plus the time for the nap while down there. grandpa nap time zzzzzzzzzz

 

[dtech]

If you cannot or don't care to do some of that stuff yourself - like changing the diff and transfer case fluids , you might call around for a cheaper shop. For the tranny I still believe that the color and smell of the fluid is a good indicator of it's condition so I check mine before changing, what you posted for the tranny says "flush" but I'm unaware how a flush can be done on a tranny without external coolant lines but don't have access to a shop manual. I suspect it might be drop the pan and replace whatever fluid drops out.
Also the truck is on a lift so doing the drive train fluids can be done efficiently from a time perspective, if you want the dealer to do stuff I'd point that out and negotiate a lower price - a much lower price.

 

[TuggerNutz]

Dealers are motivated by making money on service - the engineers and techs at Ford simply want your truck to last as long as possible.

The engineers are limited by the bean counters that are trying to make money. ?

 

[IdahoRanger]

15 minutes - I'm impressed. At my age takes 15 minutes just to get under the car. ?

I hear you and then you have to push "Life Alert" for help to get up.

 

[Blmpkn]

I'd find another dealer.

Last year on one of my trips into the dealer for the worx package I also had them change the rear axle, t-case, and cabin air filter.. whole bill was 312$.

 

[RedDakooter05]

I would never do a flush on a modern automatic transmission. Multiple drain and fills is much better.

Out of that list I'd only consider the diffs.

This.

 

[RAYJAY]

I would never do a flush on a modern automatic transmission. Multiple drain and fills is much better.

Out of that list I'd only consider the diffs.

same here on trans and diff's the diff's can be done by your self not hard and there is a write upon here on how to do also the transfer case is a must do and can be done with the diff's

i did mine last year@ 30k the rear diff and transfer case were black the front diff little dirty
as for cost
i used red line 75 w 90 paid 65 a gallon now 87
pump 16.00
trans fluid for transfer case
red line d6 ATF paid 18 a quart bought 2 quarts now 23.36

 

[D Fresh]

same here on trans and diff's the diff's can be done by your self not hard and there is a write upon here on how to do also the transfer case is a must do and can be done with the diff's

i did mine last year@ 30k the rear diff and transfer case were black the front diff little dirty
as for cost
i used red line 75 w 90 paid 65 a gallon now 87
pump 16.00
trans fluid for transfer case
red line d6 ATF paid 18 a quart bought 2 quarts now 23.36

I'm closing in on 45k. Something I'll be doing soon.

 

[RAYJAY]

I'm closing in on 45k. Something I'll be doing soon.

just can't belive the $$$ went up so much on the oil still cheaper to do on you own
Jeff

 

[D Fresh]

just can't belive the $$$ went up so much on the oil still cheaper to do on you own
Jeff

Most of my internal struggles are battles between my cheap side and my lazy side.

 

[dtech]

I would never do a flush on a modern automatic transmission. Multiple drain and fills is much better.

Out of that list I'd only consider the diffs.

I've done in my garage flushes for years on auto boxes but it's when they had external cooling lines - it allowed one to get almost all the fluid replaced inc that in the torque converter. To drain and fill with the 10R80 is it necessary to drop the pan each time , IIRC it lacks a drain plug ? seems like a bit of a hassle.

 

[D Fresh]

I've done in my garage flushes for years on auto boxes but it's when they had external cooling lines - it allowed one to get almost all the fluid replaced inc that in the torque converter. To drain and fill with the 10R80 is it necessary to drop the pan each time , IIRC it lacks a drain plug ? seems like a bit of a hassle.

With the factory setup, yes a pain.

I plan to switch to the PPE pan when I change my Bud Light. At $300 it seems like a no brainer to me.

Pull pan, drain, replace filter, replace pan, drive it a bit, drain from plug, refill, done.

Flushing a system that is designed to operate on fluid pressure with a foreign liquid at unregulated pressures is not something I trust the boys at the quicklane to do.

 

[9zero1790]

Most of my internal struggles are battles between my cheap side and my lazy side.

i know this struggle well!

 

[Wytchdctr]

You guys with your diff drain plugs... sipping tea with your pinky out and crap... ..... ...

On the trans: I might do the trans pan swap and dip stick (holy shit are they made of gold) at 50k so I can do drain and fills on my own.

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