Not to TOATALLLLY hijack Bubba's thread......but then this is GoodHunting.....


Yepper, I'm pretty sure that tranny had a design flaw.
https://www.google.com/#output=searc...w=1280&bih=615

I STILL remember the part number of that tranny. A4LD. They "fixed" it. I think they put in a new pump or something. About 30 miles down the road from the dealer it smoked again. Fortunately we were near a gas station, coasted in, and called the dealer (this was back in the pre-cell phone days). He came out with his tow truck and hauled it back to their one-horse town. He was very sorry that the fix didn't work...and I think pretty embarrassed. He told us it would need a new tranny, and it would take a couple of WEEKS for it to get there AND it would cost...because the warranty was expired...about $2000 IIRC. We ended up just trading in the truck on a demo Taurus they had there, and coming back home....and if I remember correctly we got a pretty good deal. Seems like he allowed about what we'd paid for the truck in trade-in value.

Anywhoo.....the whole deal is a pretty long story. I may type up a thread on it one of these days because it would be a good read.