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Last night I drove over to a buddy’s farm shop to drop the pan and replace the filter. The van was pretty noisy from the trans getting on the highway that morning even though I let it warm up a fair amount. I dropped the pan and pulled out the old filter, which didn’t appear to be a motorcraft part. The fluid looked good with no significant pieces of metal or chunks. There was a very faint metallic shimmer on the black backside of the filter, but the particles were not big enough to feel. I doused the new motorcraft filter with ATF and installed it. The old gasket and new looked the same. There was maybe 1/16” of “sludge” on the magnet in the pan, but it wasn’t a uniform thickness. Cleaned that off, put everything back together and refilled the fluid. Even though the shop was heated, I could tell immediately that the noise was gone when I started the van to check the level compared to when I drove in (trans good and hot). Drove out the dirt farm road like I stole it trying to keep up with my buddy in his Tacoma so I didn’t get lost. No problems. Did a 31 degree cold start this morning to drive it up on ramps to setup for the magnefine install. Seems to be solved for the most part. I did put it in reverse and hold the brake down while giving it some gas. I could hear the faintest sound, but hard to distinguish over the engine running and various other sounds like the pulleys and alternator. Nobody else would have noticed. I will continue to monitor and hope that my upcoming 600 mile trip goes smoothly.
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2001 E-250 SMB 5.4L MG Coil Kit, Modified EB57
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2008 GMC 3500 SMB
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