ATOM

true it's a real hit and miss, i have heard ALOT of bad stories, i was at the dealer getting some parts a few years back and a got blew his diesel on a 90+ degree day hauling cattle on the interstate, i could hear him screaming thru the phone, it was quite funny, but when you drop 50grand on a truck that makes your living, i can see the frustration and anger

ford4wd08

yea my grandpa hauls cattle with his it has alot of torque i think, its a 05 has a allison tranny in it, man thats a good tranny and that trailer brake controller that was built in form ford is pretty cool too it works great!

ATOM

duramax has the allison trans, but ford, unless it's a 1 off

ford4wd08

naw ford used it to but they didnt advertise near as much, but i think they only did it in 2005, but im sure that it has the allison tranny

obusnizzle

im gonna have to say no...most likely ZF instead, most likely working with Navistar......the trans was built at the sharronville drivetrain plant, there is no evidence of allison building the torqshift.

ford4wd08

well i respect your opinion, im almost certian i know its weird i thought the same thing also, illl have to double check when im around the truck agian my uncle and grandpa both say it does, i know in the bigger trucks such as a 550 up used a allison

ATOM

i ain't saying your wrong, but i have to agree w/obusnizzle

ford4wd08

hey ive been proven wrong before and have no problem admitting im wrong, i just like to be absolutely sure lol, so ill check it out and let yall know some time

modelaer50

My Explorer has 214,000 and no major problems, not even a water pump, alternator, or a single transmission probelm. Runs great. Our family is a Ford family and we get 250,000 plus on our cars with reasonable mainteance. Not the same luck with the foreign cars! Maybe Ford is buying too many parts from Japan now.
61 Ford - 240,000 + sold still running good when sold
73 Ford LTD - 200,000 plus almost no problems, sold
74 FORD LTD - 260,000 plus, no major mechanical work, sold still running excellent
1988 Taurus -200,000 gave to in-laws still running good (on auto trans. rebuild)

Maybe you should look at the Toyota forums to get a reality check. I used to work on a lot of Toyotas and the were becomming big business in my automotive machine shop before I changes jobs. Check out the steering and safety failures in Toyota- scarry! Fords are generally very safe and reliable transportation, but not all of them like any other manufacture! (Mercedes - broken crank at 70,000, easy driving, multiple tail light - said to be from closing the trunk lid too hard.)

BolletuH

+1 it's just that simple. Plus you could have gotten a Friday factory line F150