Re: Ford f250 E40D reliablility??

Posted by jdemaris on June 07, 2007 at 07:41:05 from (69.67.230.5):

In Reply to: Re: Ford f250 E40D reliablility?? posted by Bob on June 07, 2007 at 06:24:32:

I think you are assuming things that are not true. My post was long enough and I tried to avoid making it any more verbose than necessary.

I did try to pull codes and there were no error messages. Perhaps if this was the OBII system there'd be more info.

I also pulled the pan and found a small amount of fine metal filings/dust. If this thing had a 100K miles on it, it would not concern me. But, with less than 2000 miles - I don't know if it's from recent damage, or residual from the last teardown.

In regard to me not looking at the leak right away - the reality is - I didn't want to stop and do that at the border. I was afraid - that if I stopped, got out and looked, and drew attention - some border cop would tell me to not drive - and then make me get it towed. If this was in New York, that would be expected. They'd send some sort of emergency-response oil-spill crew and maybe lock me up for destroying the planet.
The truck has a slide-on camper and a lot of gear in it - so we had a lot of stuff we did not want to abandon. I did stop a mile down the road, get out and checked - and at point saw it was trans. fluid - coming from the front-inside of the trans - but the leak - at that point was not massive. That's when I found a store, bought some oil, and tried to get through Canada. Then, the leak got worse and worse. We found out pretty soon, that we'd have to stop. My first thought was to get rental truck, transfer my camper onto it, sell my truck, and drive home. We also considered getting it towed back the other way, to Michigan and dealing with it there. My in-laws live there. We tried to rent and found out we cannot rent a truck in Canada and drive to New York or Michigan. I called every major rental company, and none would let us cross the border. This was one of the hottest days of the year, my old dog was close to dropping dead from heat, my three-year old was crying, etc. etc. It was kind of a panic situation - especially since the motel would not let the dog inside. I even considered leaving the truck and buying another in Canada, but then found out that wouldn't work either.

You say I'm not being smart? What would you have done better?

In regard to believing, or not believing what people in shops tell me? I'm sure many are just plain liars and/or incompetents - but not all. I can often tell pretty quick when somebody is telling stories. Not much different in any other part of life. I simply don't know anything about what to expect from an E40D and didn't really want to get into a long research project. That's why I asked here. I'd like to hear from people that have actually owned and used them - like real trucks - rather then just hear what a trans-shop guy says - or what is written in some Internet forum (other than this one).
My father-in-law has a Ford F150 - same year as mine and same trans and has never had any problems in 120K miles. But, his only has a 300 gas six-cylinder engine and he uses his truck like a car - never towed a thing and never hauled a heavy load.
I suspect, from what I do know about the E40D, that it is not as strong as the older C6 because Ford has it programmed to shift soft like a car - via the computer and electronic controls. Soft shifts must cause heat and wear with a tow-rig. I've also been told - by my father-in-law - who is a retired Ford engineer -that Ford programmed the E40D to shift especially soft when attached to a diesel because of the torque. I also suspect - or hope - that it can be modified to be much stronger.
And, back to my ostensive lack of intelligence. Well, maybe, and maybe not. I don't think so, but perhaps I'm too dumb to notice.
I'm sure I could research this trans., and get info on all the alternative updates, and subsequently pull it down, take my time, and fix it myself. Maybe I will. But, I do not have the time presently, and I also don't want to have to re-engineer this thing if it just happens to be a trouble-prone trans.
Again, that is why I asked.
Thanks to all that don't immediately assume I'm a moron.

Replies:

• Re: Ford f250 E40D reliablility?? Bob 07:51:27 06/07/07 (2)
  • Re: Ford f250 E40D reliablility?? jdemaris 10:00:40 06/07/07 (1)
    • Re: Ford f250 E40D reliablility?? Bob 10:16:54 06/07/07 (0)

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