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Re: Overfilled transmission?
I don't see anything about the smears on the towel to concern oneself with.
The pan tells another story ... But first we need to know, "How many miles since the pan was last cleaned?" If 2000 miles, then get ready for some major problems ... that's a very dirty pan ... indicating a lot of clutch wear! If 75k miles, or more, then its not so bad ... and probably "normal". With that much clutch wear I would say the tranny is in its "autumn years/miles". Remember that 100k - 150k miles of service on one of these trannys is about all one should "expect" ... more miles than that and you are just LUCKY! A number of folks have gotten much less.... a few have gotten more.
Of course, she is guessing .... her tranny pan may not have been that dirty.
Just for reference: With repairs, and fair fluid maintenance, my original Winnie tranny went 216k miles. I now have over 100k miles on the Ford reman replacement ... and the pan is staying very clean ... hardly worth wasting a paper towel on to wipe out. So I consider myself very lucky this time around, and if something doesn't just out-and-out break suddenly, I am expecting 200k miles service without "repairs". I use Mobil1 fluid, and do a 15 qt self-flush approx 50k mile intervals.
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