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Morning gents. And the couple ladies if they show up today.I didn't have a problem with the transmission- I just do a lot of long trips and I'm pretty sure the last owner did a lot of city driving. I wanted to replace the slave because I don't want to be 1500 miles from home when it goes and you can't really tell when.
GSF sorry you had issues with the tranny, makes me glad I have automatics.
And since I had to pull the tranny, might as well freshen everything else up and as well change the cooling line with a plastic tee that likes to break but either requires the transmission or exhaust to be removed in order to change.
I hear you on automatics, but its sort of 6 eggs or half a dozen: manuals need to be pulled for clutch stuff but will go 300k+ miles before needing a rebuild while I've seen plenty of autos start slipping at 150k when the PO didn't do proper fluid changes. Manuals are cheaper to rebuild as well and I can rebuild them on my own- this is the main reason I got a manual instead of an auto.
Anyways, sorry to blabber on...
Last edited on Thu Jan 25th, 2018 12:56 pm by GSF1200S
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2002 Ford Ranger XLT Supercab, 2.3L Duratec I4, 5-speed manual, 4.10 gears, ~102,000 miles
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