thanks jim...but I am on a new deal now. I called my warranty provider and they had me take it to a tranny shop (Aamco or Mr transmission). Said the dealer should have done the TCC solenoid and rebuilt some of the other things in the tranny at the time of the converter install. The warranty place told me this! A guy here emailed me last night with some great stuff to look for, so I am starting over. Cutting my losses.
Once I got the go-ahead from my warranty place to go somewhere else, I have new hope. My dealer is very bad, I hate to say it, but it is a fact. The service department is a "part exchanger" They seem to swap parts until the problem is fixed - at the customers expense.
The manager of the tranny place this morning had some great insight into the AODE Ford tranny, saying he has worked on quite a few. He discussed with me the correct procedure to change out a torque converter, and amazingly enough it sounded just like what the warranty place told me. Mr. Transmission (national chain) has it right now. I will know something after lunch.
All my troubles can/seem to be tranny related - poor mpg, pinging, tranny slipping, surges, stalls at stop lights.
Sad part is, with the money already invested in "searching" for the problem, I could have bought a new tranny of my choice (up to about $2800. me and warranty money)
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