Not sure if it is "piston stroke" feed or not, but here goes:
Our new family expanded to five flowers. My husband and I and three years, now 20 months and 2 months of age to load the bases. That once traveled with our dog of 75 pounds. Volvo did not touch Turbobrick load / dog / person, and the PT Cruiser is still the most reliable vehicles ever built (although the timing belt change is a big pain) we decided to sell Volvo to something more appropriate, if a lot of slow and FWD.
Enter the Freestyle. We regularly get 28 miles per gallon on the trip, the parts are inexpensive, have a lot of junk drawer for children and a car seat with easy entry. I bought a sample mileage (150k) the owner of a high (or less) all receipts. This is a fast car for some people and then buy when the company finished using it. That CVT replaced 118K miles on Ford broadcasts, installed at the dealership.
CVT A few weeks ago we died. Sa 153k miles. With more than 1,000 miles left on the warranty. We all came home safe and sound, and replaced the transmission. One more time. The unit is reset. One more time. Apparently, the only one available. Nothing new and nothing is to rebuild. I have a connection with the transmission of reconstruction. I called transmission parts supplier or even sell the manual for it.
This is not to call the "shy." I do all the work yourself in my car this exception, flashing ECU PT Cruiser SA TSB, put the rubber tire and replace the windshield. I can do much, but I've never had anything so expensive. I fully expect to die broadcasts about the same amount of time. My theory is that while the original tariff must seem rude (118K conventional transmission is not terrible for those who drive heavier), who recovered it will be rebuilt by the people themselves that the starter $ 34.99 for a small block apparently lasted only Chevi a day of one-year warranty that are in the spirit of locally advanced in the area. The options are basically the following:
Taking the depreciation hit and try to sell (buy it in March) and buy a Taurus X with 3.5 liter engines and automatic transmissions are more efficient conventional. We can not afford now, but I have several years to see that the mileage can save your CVT.
Replace the CVT sa sa freestyle 6F Taurus X. I know it is not easy. Machines should bolt right, and assembly should be fairly close (I have a welder and a hammer), but ECU is the hard part. This is not a slam dunk.
Replace the CVT SA freestyle with AISI 500. It's a bit more of a slam dunk, it may be the same ECU. Only I have to learn to flash.
Learning to rebuild itself and build a magnificent TVC and keeps OnHand as a backup. My neighbor has a lathe and Bridgeport in his basement. I'm an engineer with a degree. It will take time, but could work.
Sajeev answers:
Oh, yes, actually piston slap a decent article. No we have not done this before, you know. And while I was (somewhat) surprising that Ford remanufactured transmissions so bad, you know it really is back! Is the design of orphans, which is never good. The transmission is ideal for long-term ownership is something that has a lot of support, and GM transmissions usually do their best for decades, for this reason. And if you can not get a new assembly 100%, never rebuilt CVT, I agree with you.
After delivery of the swap done before (and really angry at myself for that time) and know very little about Ford electronics, here are my recommendations: take the 6-speed swap. Get the manual Dutch exchange used to find the classic Ford 6-speed is the same as the year of freestyle. If you can easily break the gearbox is of the same period five hundred, you're ready. But I know, maybe they are not destroyed fusion cheaper closely with the two sides for less! Everything depends on the market and availability.
From there you will have to see what is different in the installation and wiring of the substructure sa transaxle. Maybe you can mount another, maybe not. There may be additional wiring, or an entirely different! Perhaps the shift lever in the new console. Hopefully not, and the factory shop manual with wiring diagram will help.
By overcoming the obstacle, the last part is easy. ECU is quite simple, since Ford has not made significant changes to it during this period. Chances are you can do one of them and re-flash the correct logic transmission with brilliant people and SCT tuner in your pocket. That will cost up to $ 500, I suspect. This is your psychiatrist, because I suspect that a gaming computer from donors Ford 500 will do all the work ... But if not, adjust SCT is the way forward.
It has a lot of work, both in research and sweat equity. But I suspect the smart guy like you can get it done for under $ 1500, if you are blessed with the cost and number of parts required for the exchange.
Best of luck.
