Thread: All in - pulling the 4.6 engine and trans to fix oil leaks once and for all
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Old 03-28-2014, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by RRPhil View Post
We need to be careful not to tar with the same brush the 5HP24 and the 6HP26 transmissions here.

Certainly the 6-speed transmission has an increasing number of issues relating to the performance/durability of the Mechatronic unit EDS solenoids (particularly 3-4 shift problems)



Solenoid issues are, on the other hand, very rare for the 5HP24. They certainly don’t need replacing as a matter of routine (assuming the transmission was performing fine before removal?)



Phil
Right, I forgot I have the 6 speed. Yea my solenoids caused me some grief, but wasn't too bad of an expense. My reverse got screwed up bad when hot. I also have a feeling that I caused this when I dropped the filter and changed the fluid. I kept it at Lifeguard ZF6, I found that pink gasket material from the filter all over the solenoids. When I removed the filter first time, it was stuck in there quite horrifically. The seal on it tore, and most of it stayed up in the hole. I thought I cleaned most if it out, but It seems while I was tearing into it, I must have sent a bunch into the trans. But I did have that 2-1 lurch prior to all this. I haven't noticed in in recent memory at all.
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