Never thought I'd see the day when I blew out 5th gear. I was driving to work today and had cruise set on 75. The car was pulling up a hill and I felt it surge a little bit then I heard a weird whirring sound. Not quite like grinding a gear but close. I pulled it out of 5th and put in 4th and had no issues. I went to put it back into 5th and as soon as I released the clutch it made a semi-grinding sound and when I applied the gas it just revved the motor. Needless to say I limped the car to the dealer (another 30 miles) in 4th gear. With 3.73's on the highway in 4th gear is NOT fun. I was cruising at 60 MPH @ 3,000 RPM. The tranny sounded terrible the whole time probably from the metal chunks flying around in it now. Anyway, I get to the dealer and unbeknownst to me I was supposed to transfer ownership of the 100,000 ExtraCare warranty into MY name and they tell me they can't fix it until I get it changed over. So now I have to pay $50 and wait 10 days for it to get changed into my name, which is not guranteed because I had some TSB's fixed by a Ford dealer previously under my name so Ford Corporate might kick it back.
Any ideas if Ford kicks back the warranty transfer? How hard is it to rebulid the 3650's 5th gear?
Any ideas if Ford kicks back the warranty transfer? How hard is it to rebulid the 3650's 5th gear?