Aftermarket Coolers

[Epiphany]

What have you seen that indicates the dealer service network won't be needed or that any of this is going to be a reality?

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I provided a response from Ford regarding where the potential part offerings stand as of now. Did you not see it?

I also linked a snippet of limited warranty wording from Ford Performance that shows that not everything sold by them requires dealer installation. Did you not see that either?

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[JN66]

More like lots of bickering for a solution...:cheers:

True enough

 

[T101]

The cooler/brackets/ducting/lines aren't super expensive. I think Ford could probably do better pricing offering them all together as a package rather than individual pieces as service parts. (As an example -- many years ago, 95 Cobra R wheels were around $400 as a dealer part but $160 through Ford Racing.)



The part I'd really like to see is for Ford to come up with some sort of way to help out on the cost of the gerotor pump. The cost for a tech transmission is around $3800. A pump equipped transmission is just over $4100. It's a smidge over $300 difference in cost for the additional machining on the transmission for the inlet/outlet and the gerotor pump. I'd think they could put together some sort of an exchange program that provides a transmission that has had the additional machining performed and the gerotor installed in exchange for a tech pack trans as a core (which would then be built into a track pack trans).

What I would love to see is for Ford to provide some sort of a package where they provide the coolers/brackets/ducting/lines and a trans swap (tech pack trans as core in exchange for a trans that has been upgraded to track pack specs) and do the install while maintaining the factory warranty I'd jump on it in a minute so long as it was reasonable. (Figure the cooler/lines/brackets/ducting is around $1k. Figure 10 hours of labor at no more than $75/hr and somewhere in the $500-750 range for the rebuilt trans swap for a total of $2500 max. (If they can't get the trans swap that low I'd consider buying the trans outright and keeping the tech pack trans as a spare as most of the internals would be interchangeable.)

https://levittownfordsupercenter.com/oemparts/FR3Z-7003-D

I am very close to paying the $3500 for the trans, and the $1K for the bits.

 

[Epiphany]

I had a TR3160 transmission shipped to me almost as soon as they were available. Be aware that there is a fairly substantial core charge on these. At the time there were no cores out there to exchange and I'm unsure as to whether it would be acceptable to submit one w/o a pump for one with.

 

[T101]

I had a TR3160 transmission shipped to me almost as soon as they were available. Be aware that there is a fairly substantial core charge on these. At the time there were no cores out there to exchange and I'm unsure as to whether it would be acceptable to submit one w/o a pump for one with.

So $4500, I can save for another month.

 

[50 Deep]

Is the pump located in the bellhousing? would it be a less expensive option to have your bellhousing machined, or just order the bellhousing separate?

 

[Tank]

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I provided a response from Ford regarding where the potential part offerings stand as of now. Did you not see it?

I also linked a snippet of limited warranty wording from Ford Performance that shows that not everything sold by them requires dealer installation. Did you not see that either?

I did not. Thanks for providing the details, I look for them and thank you when I find them :cheers:

 

[Epiphany]

Is the pump located in the bellhousing? would it be a less expensive option to have your bellhousing machined, or just order the bellhousing separate?

The bellhousing is cast with an area that is used in conjunction with the pump (note the inverted "V" inside and at the bottom), the guts of which are inside the transmission case.

 

[Epiphany]

I put this one together showing how the lines run to the transmission with a pump vs one without.

 

[JN66]

I was told today that Ford would like to have one of the service techs drive with me until the car hits limp mode on my drive...and to have the car hooked up to some laptop to retrieve data while it happens...this is Ford Tech requesting this of the dealership service staff (and myself of course).

I now have to wait for a day that is in the 25c range here in BC.

My initial reaction is "you have got to be shitting me'.

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