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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Trucks / November 2006

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E4OD Low/Rev Failures

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arthall - 09 Nov 2006 14:05 GMT
Sorry for the re-post.  I am new here and forgot to get E4OD in the subject

I work for a rebuilder.  Lately we have seen a lot of failed Low/Rev clutches,

burned and slipping.  A number of teardowns indicates it is not due to bad or
wrong parts, or builder error.  I have not found cut seals or other obvious
causes.  Any ideas?  Overheat program mode?  High torque from engine braking
coupled with low line pressure?  Electronic problem?
Teddy Bear - 09 Nov 2006 19:21 GMT
> Sorry for the re-post.  I am new here and forgot to get E4OD in the subject
>
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> causes.  Any ideas?  Overheat program mode?  High torque from engine braking
> coupled with low line pressure?  Electronic problem?

What the heck is a *L/R clutch* ? anyway??

And, what;'s your best guess?
CJB - 09 Nov 2006 20:01 GMT
>> Sorry for the re-post.  I am new here and forgot to get E4OD in the
> subject
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>
> And, what;'s your best guess?

Feeling testy, Teddy Bear?  I saw your off topic rant under the "New Ford
Diesel" thread too...

If you'd stop just long enough to read the subject line, you'd see that l/r
is short hand for Low/Rev (or reverse)...

CJB
Teddy Bear - 09 Nov 2006 22:12 GMT
> Feeling testy, Teddy Bear?  I saw your off topic rant under the "New Ford
> Diesel" thread too...
>
> If you'd stop just long enough to read the subject line, you'd see that l/r
> is short hand for Low/Rev (or reverse)...

Sorry......I just feel like a long held lover cheated on me, you know? What
is it with the Ford guys at the factory? I do love the Fords.............but
enough is enough
arthall - 10 Nov 2006 12:23 GMT
>> Sorry for the re-post.  I am new here and forgot to get E4OD in the subject
>>
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>
>And, what;'s your best guess?
L/R clutch is the rearmost clutch and it is applied in low and reverse.  It
sees the highest torque of all the clutches, being applied in the lower
ranges.  My best guess is that something is causing the line pressure to be
low when the torque is high.  Maybe closed throttle signal during full
throttle operation?  Maybe due to worn valves or bores?    So far I have
ruled out wrong or damaged parts and mis-assembly.  But I am baffled as to
the root cause.
SnoMan - 12 Nov 2006 19:18 GMT
>Sorry for the re-post.  I am new here and forgot to get E4OD in the subject
>
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>causes.  Any ideas?  Overheat program mode?  High torque from engine braking
>coupled with low line pressure?  Electronic problem?

I think this one is pretty simple. Sound like it is being "stalled to
long in first gear on reverse with overall gear ratio being to higher
for the load and engine makes torwue to move it which causes converter
to heat up a lot and than clutches to fail die to high low speed
torque loads when on the converter stall. A fix would be to at the
very least boost line pressure for the clutch in question or increase
the density of the clutch pack (more clutch plates and friction discs)
so that there is more holding power at same line pressure. A look at
overall effective gear ratio and (tire size and axle ratio) and
load/usage will provide some insight too.  
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phaeton - 13 Nov 2006 20:01 GMT
> Sorry for the re-post.  I am new here and forgot to get E4OD in the subject
>
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> causes.  Any ideas?  Overheat program mode?  High torque from engine braking
> coupled with low line pressure?  Electronic problem?

I was going to mention also that perhaps the clutch isn't fully
disengaging on upshift, but if youv'e gone through the valve body and
nothing's sticking, and all the drain holes in the clutch drum drain
ok... well....

good luck.

-ph
mvb - 25 Nov 2006 16:06 GMT
sorry for my bad englisch but i have some experiance with other kind of ars
and there we had also some problems with two cluches and didn't understand
after some reading wee found out that the reverse used two clutches to
reverse the the shift to reverse
some cars did get a bigger oilpump and others got more plates diferent ways
to ingrease the grip
an other problem was the temp sensor of the engine
the transmision ?kepth? shifting soft for comfort
perhaps you have somthing on this....sorry for the bad tranlation

>> Sorry for the re-post.  I am new here and forgot to get E4OD in the
>> subject
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>
> -ph
Mellowed - 26 Nov 2006 03:55 GMT
Your English is a hell of a lot better than my Dutch.

: sorry for my bad englisch but i have some experiance with other kind of ars
: and there we had also some problems with two cluches and didn't understand
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: >
: > -ph

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