F-150 ENGINE REBUILD & SATURN TRANSMISSION REPAIR? 

Great information!

I was a tech in a Saturn dealership back when the Outlooks, Auras and Vues with the 3.6 powertrain came out. We did TONS of these transmissions and more often than not they actually were within the warranty period still. Most were in the Outlooks though as they are the heaviest of the bunch. Most of them that we saw deposited metal debris throughout the entire transmission and often damaged non-wear parts or even the case. The ones that were repaired would always come back a few months later with the wave plate broken again, so we just started replacing the entire transmission. GM didn't even have a service bulletin regarding approved repairs yet so they were happy to take in entire failed transmissions so they could investigate the issue.... and we sent them lots. I remember I got the very first Outlook that came in with a transmission issue to our dealership. It was not a known issue yet. The vehicle owner got the transmission so hot trying to drive the thing in that the 3 5 R clutch pack actually welded itself together, which pretty well turned the entire guts of the transmission into shrapnel. It was the worst smelling transmission I've ever come across. I've also never seen so many broken pieces fall out of a transmission either before or since then. I still have a few pieces of it in my toolbox in my "yes, this actually happened" collection. Every techs jaw hit the floor when they saw what happened inside that transmission. Little did any of us know that we were all about to get VERY familiar with these transmissions in the coming months. They actually had another lesser known issue prior to the now notorious timing chain problems. There was a bad batch of cylinder heads that were cast with a softer aluminum that they were supposed to have, most of the first 2 model years had to have both cylinder heads replaced as a result. The softer metal caused the camshafts the wear away at cylinder head and eventually the lateral run out would cause cam position sensor codes, usually it would happen on bank 2 before it happened on bank 1 but they often came in with codes corresponding to both. It was an engine out job on the Outlooks and Vues (which were most affected by the issue) and it could be done with the engine in on the Auras. We didn't see a whole lot of Auras with the issue though. Mostly Outlooks, some Vues. I dropped so many subframes out of those Outlooks I could almost literally do it with my eyes closed. Most of them came to me because I could turn them around a lot quicker that anybody else in the shop. It wasn't unusual for me to drop the subframe out of an Outlook for either a transmission replacement or a cylinder head replacement 4 or 5 times a week. I could often start one first thing in the morning and have it done (if I wasn't interrupted) and back on the road by 2 or 3 the same day. I actually made a lot of money off of those Outlooks, was one of very few warranty jobs I didn't mind doing. I probably did 500 of them by the time they shut down the Saturn brand.

Exactly!

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RU-vid keeps the dislikes hidden now, just happened recently like 2 weeks now. But even before was very low, single digits. 👍😉

100% occurrence now haha

@ChadWilliams I belive I know of the "unnamed" person you mentioned. I think his channel is Firestone Auction Rebuilds, or smething like that. Beard is the real deal, and that other guy long forgotten.

Yes,that guy doesn't rebuild anything anymore, he just likes to do auction walkarounds now.

@@robertwitkowski1650 Yep, thats exactly how I found this channel and deleted the other "person" too, always thought there was something not right about his dealings.

Glad you like it Gary

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We used gasoline to clean parts back in the day when we didn't know better but I would never do that or recommend it now, the danger of fire plus the health risks of breathing gas fumes and skin exposure is just not worth it.

Thanks Bob. Have a happy news years.

thanks Thomas