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Originally Posted by zzyzzx2
Not these, they drop valve seats like mad!
Then you don't know where to shop. Lots of people throw these cars away because of valve seat problems, so you should be able to find a parfectly god transmission in the junk yard. That and the excessive filings in the pan usually mean nothing. When I finally cleaned off the magnets in my transmission pan they looked nasty (reminded me of doughnuts). Around here I see rebuilt transmissions for $1700, not that I've needed one for this car yet (at 202K I have the original automatic).
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Yes, I know, good point. Ha ha forgot about that.
But what brand of gears, clutches, etc are they using on the rebuild? I know for a fact that all parts going into my transmission by this guy meets or exceeds OE quality. Not that china junk from autozone. That 1700 can only buy you so much on parts. Also parts and labor are different all across the USA. Is he using bottom line parts autozone brand parts? or Motorcraft parts? It really does make a difference. I'm a firm believer in dealer parts, just not through the dealer. WAY too expensive. I have gone out of my way and pay the extra bucks for U.S.A. made parts and OE parts.
I had faith in that car to jump in it and drive it anywhere. Good little car, had few issues with it but nothing I couldn't handle. Ran 10-30 full synthetic in it from 90k till it died... Wish I had rebuilt it
... Next time I wont be so hasty to throw it away.
I quote Intuit
"In fact, does 120+ mph pretty easily."
Intuit You have gotten it to 120? What motor was in it? 1.8? 1.9? or 2.0? I never got my auto Escort above 110 even going down hill with a/c off (I took the compressor, condenser, and anything else I could take off with out much hassle. Gave me about 2MPG and about 5 HP) a fresh coat of wax and 60 PSI in the tires....