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Old 01-29-2009, 09:27 PM
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Re: Design Flaw in Transmission??

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Originally Posted by thscott
When the transmission failed on my 1999 Windstar at 40,000 miles, I was told that the plenetary (sp?) gear had disintegrated.
Mine went at 170k. The planetary gear was gone. My tranny guy found that the pipe that carries the fluid to lube the gear had a large crack in in. It basicly starved the gear of lube!
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