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From 1997 Ford F-250 “Big Red” — documented by Steve83.

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1997 Ford F-250 - While changing all the U-joints (which required dropping the front diff), I'm also fixing an ATF leak from the bellhousing. So the transfer… 1997 Ford F-250 - Although I probably could have left it hanging here, I pulled the dipstick tube's 1 bolt. This & the middle bellhousing bolt on this side (… 1997 Ford F-250 - With the trans down, I could see some fine red rust around the flexplate hub, which I later found was cracked nearly all the way around. Th… 1997 Ford F-250 - Some scrap metal worked as prybars to get the TC unstuck. IF THE IMAGE IS TOO SMALL, click it. 1997 Ford F-250 - I made a tool to keep trash out of the transmission as I scraped & washed the years of mud, and the rat-nest soup that came down from the v… 1997 Ford F-250 - After looking closely at the burrs on the torque converter snout, I decided that the leak was overdue. I polished the snout smooth with a W… 1997 Ford F-250 - The fine red rust powder on the flexplate left me no choice but to pull it off for a closer inspection. It's cracked almost fully around th… 1997 Ford F-250 - The backside of the block & pan got some cleaning, too. But the RMS showed no sign of leaking, so I left it alone. IF THE IMAGE IS TOO SMAL… 1997 Ford F-250 - The new flexplate arrived, so I washed & clearcoated it before installation. The torque spec for the flexplate bolts is 23-39 lb-ft. Torque…