jeffro81

I was driving along today on the interstate. Some j**k *ss in the left lane was cruzing at 40 mph in a 65 mph zone. I change lanes and give it some gas to pass him and get up to the rest of traffic blowing by us at 75 mph and all I see is white smoke coming out the back of my baby.

I pulled into a resturant parking lot and checked underneath. The rubber plug under the bell housing has blown out and all the tranny fluid was gone. I couldn't see where the leak was because everything was wet.

Good News-I still have 1 year and about 48,000 miles left on the warranty. What I need to know is what could be the problem so that the Ford dealership doesn't try to screw me on the repairs. Could any body help me out please?

Thanks in advance.

My truck is a 2007 F150 Super Crew, 5.4L, 4x4. Any other questions just ask. Thanks!

countryboyFx4

I honestly done know but please keep us updated into what you find out and how or why this happens I am Verry interested

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jhunt47

Trans front pump seal

jeffro81

My shade tree mechanic buddies told me this might be the problem, after they made fun of me for blowing up my tranny.

I'll keep you all posted when the shop gets the truck on Monday. Thanks again.

jeffro81

When jhunt suggested it was a front trans pump seal leak I googled that and came up with this article. I think this is exactly what happened and the article couldn't be written any better. I'll call the dealership on Monday and have this printed out when I drop off the truck.


http://www.gottransmissions.com/blog...ont-pump-leaks

jeffro81

Update-Today the flatbed came to pick up my truck and take it to the local dealership. The Ford Customer Care people were great to talk to. I had to call the Roadside Assistance number to schedule the tow.

Once the truck made it to the shop I called the Service Manager to get a best guess on time. He said he was just putting it on the lift and to call back at the end of the day.

Fast forward to about 4 pm. The Manager said to properly diagnose the problem he would have to pull out the transmission and look inside the front. He thought it would either be a front pump seal or torque converter. Then he mentioned it "may or may not" be covered under my 72 mo./100,000 mile warranty. When I asked him what I was looking at time wise, he said it would be at least until tomorrow afternoon before he would know.

Does any body think this sounds like b*ll sh*t? I'm not sure and I don't want to **** off the service manager.

Please help me out. Is anybody out there a Ford service tech?

jhunt47

Sounds right as a former ford trans tech that's what I would have done.

jeffro81

Thanks for the help. I don't mean to sound untrusting, but you can't be too careful.

jeffro81

Ok, here's the deal. It appears the torque converter seal is what went bad and that's where the fluid was coming from. Also, the transfer case seal is bad and I am either getting transfer case fluid in the transmission or transmission fluid into the transfer case. Either way, that's getting fixed also. The larger of the two inspection covers is completely missing, and there was some dirt and debris up in the bell housing area.

All in all it was pretty messed up. The whole job will be covered under warranty, and if the parts get there by late morning tomorrow, I should have the ol' girl back by tomorrow night.

jhunt-does this sound right to you? Since you're my new expert I was hoping for your opinion. Thanks!

jhunt47

Sounds good hope they get it taken care of.