Ford Econoline help needed!

[chunder]

Guys

Have a mate who runs a 1994 Ford Econoline 5.0. Gearbox is E40D. He used it to travel round Scandinavia for his honeymoon.

On the way up a very steep hill the tranmission gave out, the low ratio clutch has burnt. It is slipping, dropped its oil and needs an overhaul/replacement/repair. The van runs, but the box is dropping oil and running very hot and is therefore pretty unusable.

Obviously I am aware that Ford stuff is harder to find than Chevy/Mopar gear in Europe and the UK?

Does anyone have any ideas of places we might go for overhaul/rebuild? Also, we are likely to be towing with it, so are looking to upgrade to a heavy duty shift kit.

So far we have been quoted 1500 for a total rebuild and nearly 3 grand shipping from the US!!

I would appreciate any help here as we are going to be using this van for travel to some meetings and also as service for some bike racing we are planning in 2011.

We are based in Hertfordshire and appreciate that most people involved in stox are in the North!

[johnh875]

Have you tried local auto trans specialists? Also make sure you have a large cooler for the ATF, to keep temps under control when towing.