Lost 3rd gear in my 12' about a month ago. Car has been sitting at the Ford dealership since then. Ford apparently has no 12' MT-82's or parts for them right now and no lead on when they will be available (is that even possible?!?). I have an extended warranty and believe it or not they are covering the cost of a a new trans or fix. After discussing with my service guy my choices were: Wait for Ford, Get a salvaged unit, or go with a 3rd party MT-82 (warranty wouldn't pay for a Tremec because of all the other changes required).
We went with a company called Astro Performance Warehouse (I couldn't get ahold of Ben Calimer after multiple messages left). Dealership got Astro's transmission installed and the car will not go into reverse now. I'm stuck between the dealership and a transmission company now as to who is going to pay for the removal and rebuild of the first replacement transmission by the dealership using my old transmission's reverse pieces, or who is going to pay for the removal and shipping again of the non-working replacement back to PA and another new one from PA to IN.
FML
We went with a company called Astro Performance Warehouse (I couldn't get ahold of Ben Calimer after multiple messages left). Dealership got Astro's transmission installed and the car will not go into reverse now. I'm stuck between the dealership and a transmission company now as to who is going to pay for the removal and rebuild of the first replacement transmission by the dealership using my old transmission's reverse pieces, or who is going to pay for the removal and shipping again of the non-working replacement back to PA and another new one from PA to IN.
FML