Well... I had it happen on a completely different vehicle so I felt I should mention it. In my case it was a F350 Dually trans. Ford rebuilt it under warranty after it grenaded but they left the original cooler in there... (later on to find they were rebuilding them again from this and issued a TSB on it) and, in my case, 30K later the pump seal was leaking and metal was found in the pan. Since it was now out of warranty by years not miles, I rebuilt it all again on my dime with the (now recommended even by Ford) magnafine in there. I did some other upgrades to it as well since it was on my dime. Still running strong to this day.

I don't know if this is applicable here but it is something to think about. Their later TSB called for replacing the Tranny cooler completely when doing a rebuild. This one had both. An intercooler and another aux cooler as well. They would backflush the intercooler and replace the Aux and then install the magnifine filter as well in the return line. .

Hey.... how about slipping only in reverse? Anyone got a diagnosis on that. Looking at a car that does that and trying to figure out what to offer. Full rebuild or simple fix?

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