2001 Ford Excursion 4x4 7.3 Transmission

[n8tive97]

Any transmission guys here that want to give a qoute to rebuild or replace my transmission on my excursion?

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[thedave1164]

Ouch, what are the symptoms?

[n8tive97]

While driving 30 to 40 miles an hour it just downshifts on its own and then you got to get up to like 3000 RPMs For it to shift or just let off on the gas and shift it's never done that it did it yesterday.

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[00tec]

Is the tranny temp gauge acting stupid?

[Martinjmpr]

I can't give you a quote but when the tranny went out on my Suburban I had it rebuilt by High Country Transmissions on Alameda. Cost was $2000 to rebuild and they said they rebuilt with a couple of improved parts over the factory original so it should be pretty good now. They offer a 12 mo/12,000 mile warranty and back in February when I noticed some leaking from the transfer case that turned out to be transmission fluid, they fixed it under warranty at no charge. I'd definitely recommend them.

[n8tive97]

I can't give you a quote but when the tranny went out on my Suburban I had it rebuilt by High Country Transmissions on Alameda. Cost was $2000 to rebuild and they said they rebuilt with a couple of improved parts over the factory original so it should be pretty good now. They offer a 12 mo/12,000 mile warranty and back in February when I noticed some leaking from the transfer case that turned out to be transmission fluid, they fixed it under warranty at no charge. I'd definitely recommend them.
Appreciate that, thank you.

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[thedave1164]

I have changed the fluid and used K&W Trans-X along with lubeguard Dr Tranny instant shudder fix, with pretty good success.

We are talking 10's of thousands of miles worth of success.

YMMV literally

[Wulf202]

Is the tranny temp gauge acting stupid?mine is acting stupid lately

Don't discount a factory crate replacement.

[00tec]

mine is acting stupid lately

Don't discount a factory crate replacement.

A friend has a 04 powerstroke with a faulty trans temp sensor, it will cause high RPM shifts and hard shifts...

[fairrpe86]

Call Nik Lenski with N & D Mechanical. He specialized in that era ford. His number is 719-651-4019.

[n8tive97]

Total loss. Having it rebuilt with tons of upgrades. Rebuilt for towing and efficiency. Not cheap, damn.

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[cstone]

Total loss. Having it rebuilt with tons of upgrades. Rebuilt for towing and efficiency. Not cheap, damn.

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Who did you end up choosing to do the work?

[n8tive97]

Who did you end up choosing to do the work?
Ram's Transmission, built a stage 2 transmission, upgraded everything. 3 year/100k mile warranty.

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[Shooter45]

I'd check the forum PowerStrokeNation as they have the years for everything covered. Use the search function and hopefully you'll find if there's an easy fix for yours. While I have the 7.3L, mines older and going to be a different tranny. Check the fluids, and take a look at the sensor as others have said. I spoke the Mr. Transmission last year having them do an inspection on mine to make sure it was good for the season to tow and they seemed extremely knowledgeable in the Ford transmissions for the 7.3. I don't remember their price for replacement but they knew a lot when I was spoke to them and I had a very good feeling about a future replacement through them.

http://www.powerstrokenation.com/forums/26-transmission-related/

[cstone]

Ram's Transmission, built a stage 2 transmission, upgraded everything. 3 year/100k mile warranty.

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The place on Irma?

I have a 5R110W in my 5.4l F250 and know that eventually both the engine and transmission will need work. Its just a matter of time and mileage. No complaints, 240k on a gasser automatic is pretty good in my book.

[GoldFinger]

Ram's Transmission, built a stage 2 transmission, upgraded everything. 3 year/100k mile warranty. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk +1 They did the one in my 2002 PSD 3 years ago and it's been good since.

[n8tive97]

The place on Irma?

I have a 5R110W in my 5.4l F250 and know that eventually both the engine and transmission will need work. Its just a matter of time and mileage. No complaints, 240k on a gasser automatic is pretty good in my book.
Yes, the place of Irma. Quick too, only had my Excursion for 3 days.

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[n8tive97]

+1 They did the one in my 2002 PSD 3 years ago and it's been good since.
Glad to hear that!

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[Martinjmpr]

Ram's Transmission, built a stage 2 transmission, upgraded everything. 3 year/100k mile warranty.

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If you don't mind saying, what did that cost you? I'm curious to know. I paid $2k exactly to have the 4L60 rebuilt on my 04 Suburban.


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[Erni]

If you don't mind saying, what did that cost you? I'm curious to know. I paid $2k exactly to have the 4L60 rebuilt on my 04 Suburban.


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How many miles when it failed?

[n8tive97]

How many miles when it failed?
260k miles, $3500

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[Erni]

Thanks. I got only 100k on my 05. Lets hope it gets to 260k in one piece.

[Wulf202]

185k on my 99. Thanks for the info

[Martinjmpr]

How many miles when it failed?

149k. I bought the truck in December of 2015 to pull our travel trailer and it had done a lot of trailer towing in the 8 months before the failure. Plus the 4L60E has some weak points, which the rebuild fixed (basically cheap parts that they put in at the factory that can be replaced with better parts if/when it fails.)

The "good" news was that it "failed safe", that is, I lost 3 and 4 but 1, 2 and R all worked so I was able to "limp" home in 2nd gear. Not fun (it went out in Kremmling on the way home from Steamboat Lake and I had the wife, dog, trailer, 2 kayaks and a whole bunch of camping gear on board!) but it beats having to be towed.

These old GMT 800 trucks were fairly reliable but they do have known weaknesses. So far I've experienced just about all of them (besides the transmission, there were the stepper motors on the instrument cluster and the intake manifold gasket, intermittent 4wd actuator motor issues, etc) except for the fuel pump, and I'm seriously contemplating replacing the fuel pump pre-emptively. Oh, the alternator went out (again, on a camping trip) but due to the fact that I installed a 2nd battery I made it home with no issues and replacing the alternator took me literally 30 minutes on a Sunday afternoon (nice thing about Chevy trucks, you can find parts for them EVERYWHERE.)

[3beansalad]

Please keep me updated on the health of the rebuild. I've got 178K on my 02 Ex. The 4R100 has been well maintained, but I know that a rebuild will be in my future based on the towing I do. I'd bring it to Denver for a quality job. Was considering sending the tranny to the guys at A1 Transmission in GA when the time came, but would rather spend my $ in state if possible.

[n8tive97]

Please keep me updated on the health of the rebuild. I've got 178K on my 02 Ex. The 4R100 has been well maintained, but I know that a rebuild will be in my future based on the towing I do. I'd bring it to Denver for a quality job. Was considering sending the tranny to the guys at A1 Transmission in GA when the time came, but would rather spend my $ in state if possible.
Will do. Took it to the mountains yesterday, did great. I feel like I need to put a transmission temp gauge on it due to towing.

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[Martinjmpr]

Will do. Took it to the mountains yesterday, did great. I feel like I need to put a transmission temp gauge on it due to towing.

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You may be able to use a Scangauge II to show trans fluid temperature. It worked on both of my 4runners and it works on my Suburban.
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Much easier than installing a gauge - just plug it into the OBD-II port. There are other OBD-II port readers that will show trans temp as well. Some of them will send the info to your smartphone.

[00tec]

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You may be able to use a Scangauge II to show trans fluid temperature. It worked on both of my 4runners and it works on my Suburban.
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Much easier than installing a gauge - just plug it into the OBD-II port. There are other OBD-II port readers that will show trans temp as well. Some of them will send the info to your smartphone.

FORSCAN and a cheap wifi OBD2 adapter.
Not the prettiest app, but is the best diag/service scanner for a Ford and a phone or computer without getting into the high dollar mechanic scan tools. (PC version can even run some service procedures)

[Wulf202]

The cheap WiFi odb2 scanners don't work on my f250. Diesels need other units.

After shopping for a month I ended up buying my pillar 4 Guage pod on amazon from glowshift. Best deal and came with all the install fittings. If you want to look at it and the two small mods I had to do just let me know.

[3beansalad]

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You may be able to use a Scangauge II to show trans fluid temperature. It worked on both of my 4runners and it works on my Suburban.
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Much easier than installing a gauge - just plug it into the OBD-II port. There are other OBD-II port readers that will show trans temp as well. Some of them will send the info to your smartphone.

This should work, I use Torque Pro and a ScanTool 427201 OBDLink LX Bluetooth (on a cheapo tablet) to keep track of tranny temps and a lot of other info.

[n8tive97]

The cheap WiFi odb2 scanners don't work on my f250. Diesels need other units.

After shopping for a month I ended up buying my pillar 4 Guage pod on amazon from glowshift. Best deal and came with all the install fittings. If you want to look at it and the two small mods I had to do just let me know.
Where are you located? I'd like to check it out.

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