10R80 the beginning of the downhill slide?

[got3fords]

Take my grandaddy's advice.. "Son, don't fix what ain't broken"

I say if it ain't broken, fix it till it is.

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[Trustable]

I don't think he or anyone else is taking up the position that every Ford owner is responsible to do this—he's just sharing what his initial issue was and all the tedious work/thought he went through to address it.

Do most owners need to go through the tedium of effort that he did in order to get the most out of their transmissions? God I hope not, but recommending the occasional drain + fill with the addition of LGP is smart practice to mitigate a lot of potential issues with the transmissions we are all stuck with. And he's recommending that based on his experience—and that's all I see this as—a warning to not throw the baby out with the bathwater when a simple drain + fill could mitigate an unknown issue.

I’m not saying he or anyone else is. My real issue is with ford here. Not what anyone does to their trucks. My issue that prompted me to post my original comment is that people may end up spending a lot of money on overhauls and the accessories only to have the transmission still go out well before it should. For example, I want everything that tjc did to help keep his ranger chugging along for a long time. I also want people who have done nothing extra to have their rangers also chug along for a long time.

 

[TJC]

I’m not saying he or anyone else is. My real issue is with ford here. Not what anyone does to their trucks. My issue that prompted me to post my original comment is that people may end up spending a lot of money on overhauls and the accessories only to have the transmission still go out well before it should. For example, I want everything that tjc did to help keep his ranger chugging along for a long time. I also want people who have done nothing extra to have their rangers also chug along for a long time.

I want mine to jug along as far as possible, but I have already prepared for the eventually of replacing the transmission. If I spend $1K more to get another 80K miles out of it, I think it will be worth it. Then it is rebuild time from a professional with industrial parts that will make it last.

That's my game plan, and it is cheaper than replacing the truck with another unreliable new truck.

 

[ctechbob]

I’m not saying he or anyone else is. My real issue is with ford here. Not what anyone does to their trucks. My issue that prompted me to post my original comment is that people may end up spending a lot of money on overhauls and the accessories only to have the transmission still go out well before it should. For example, I want everything that tjc did to help keep his ranger chugging along for a long time. I also want people who have done nothing extra to have their rangers also chug along for a long time.

Sadly, I think those days are long gone, pretty much across the board.

I haven't looked into other brands specifically, but I know there are plenty of others that have either 'lifetime' trans fills or extremely long intervals. If memory serves, Stellantis doesn't spec an interval for their ZF8 based units, but the manufacturer specifies something like 40-50k on them. I'll take ZF's word on that.

I don't think any of them will ever start shortening up their intervals. I think they will work to get whatever system it is reliable enough to outlast warranty/1st owner and that will be it. 'Lowest cost of ownership' is what they call that. I call it 'minimum lifespan'.

Although, to Fords credit, they did warranty enough PTU's to actually add back in a drain plug, shorten the maintenance interval, and increase the capacity. Maybe there is hope, but I call that the exception rather than the rule.

 

[Hashtaaagranger2]

Mine starting acting up very early. By 15K miles it was serious enough that I stopped driving the truck. Did the fluid changes over the following 3K miles. By 18K it was shifting normally again. At 27K miles now. Problem free.

This weekend the trans developed a pretty specific whine. Eff me and @Ford

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