Rob_Reilly
November 5, 2018, 3:40am
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I forgot you were new to the forums.
This is part 1 of a long writeup of what I did. Part 2 to
follow.
I have a 2000 Model with 180,000 miles.
My transmission was slipping, trouble upshifting into 2nd
and 5th, gradually got worse, eventually generated fault
code P0775 (Pressure Control Solenoid B Malfunction) with
�Gearbox Fault� error message on instrument panel. It would
only shift up with slow acceleration, behaving as if it was
low on fluid, though it was not, and I even tried
overfilling it. Usually it would work ok g…
My 2000 Jaguar S-Type has the Ford 5R55N transmission, also used in
LincolnLS and some Ford Thunderbirds. Ford in their infinite wisdom
seems to think these things will never leak, so they did not
provide a dipstick. Thus the only way you can know if it is low is
to either wait until it starts misbehaving, or check it by
following this procedure.
Here are some instructions for those who wish to do this job
themselves.
Tools you will need:
8mm Allen hex for filler plug on back of tailcas…
I was unable to find my bit about the aluminum replacement for the plastic slider in the J-gate shifter in the archives, but here it is. I got it from Welsh Enterprises in Ohio.
