REPAIR: Transmission Lines (approx 177,000 miles)

(June 2024 - approx 177,000 Miles)

This one's almost too painful to recollect!  But here's an abridged version of the repair experience... 

There had been some random drips appearing under Vic's front end for a while, but I couldn't actually see anything dripping.  Fluid levels all were pretty OK.  Then the drips got worse, and I was actually getting wispy smoke from under the hood, so we got under and looked around.  Sure enough, the transmission lines were rusting through in two areas.

LONG story short, as many of you know, these lines are no longer available from Ford, and it appears NO ONE offers them aftermarket.

I managed to score an NOS set, and we thought we could install them ourselves in Todd's driveway.  ANOTHER long story short, do NOT try this job at home unless you have a lift and LOTS of patience.  In the end, especially after one fitting snapped off in the housing, we had to give up with the old lines still stuck on the car, and have the car towed to a transmission shop I had used before for my Javelin.

Other than their obviously using another vehicle to push the car into their shop, they did a great job.

Transmission fluid had been seeping through these areas, then actual drips began

Take a good look... HARD to find

Car vs. Man... guess who won that day?

Vic takes a trip to the transmission shop