96 F150 TOW HELP [Archive]

Goodtime$

06-12-2003, 10:15 PM

I have a 96 F150 xcab 302, just curious if there is anything i can do to help its tow life besides a tranny cooler and gears? i tow a wakeboard boat, thanks for any imput

Ian

06-12-2003, 10:30 PM

I had a 94 f-150 with the 302 and man was it a dog! The weak link on those trucks, as with most trucks, is the trans. Add a good trans cooler and it keep it out of overdrive unless you are towing down hill. What happens with that trans is the clutches and gears don't get a lot of oil especially in overdrive so when the trans starts searching for gears they heat up real quick and fail. A friend of mine is a trans tech for ford and when he rebuilt his trans he added some oil passages so the overdrive cluthes and gears would get more oil

Goodtime$

06-13-2003, 12:03 AM

im gettin 410 gears, and the trans cooler w/electric fan and thermostat from summit, its an auto tranny.
keep it out of overdrive, or overdrive off 3rd gear? thanks for the imput

Goodtime$

06-13-2003, 12:03 AM

im gettin 410 gears, and the trans cooler w/electric fan and thermostat from summit, its an auto tranny.
keep it out of overdrive, or overdrive off 3rd gear? thanks for the imput