Product Fitment:
This product fits ALL Ford 6R60 through 6R100 transmissions. Please use your VIN to confirm if your vehicle uses Ford valve body seperator plate FL3Z-7Z490-D or CL3Z-7Z490-C.
Installation Instructions:
>>> Ford 6-Speed Valve Body Upgrade Kit w/ PulseDelete™ (Lifetime Warranty)
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The Greatest Problem of the Ford 6-Speed Transmission Has Been Resolved! Why the Ford 6-Speed Valve Body Upgrade Kit w/ PulseDelete™ is a must-have for all Ford 6-Speed Transmissions:
The Ford 6R80 is widely respected as a strong, capable six-speed automatic transmission, but its durability is often limited by one especially vulnerable area: the valve body. The valve body is the hydraulic control center of the transmission. It routes pressurized fluid to the correct clutch circuits, regulates line pressure, and turns electronic solenoid commands into smooth gear changes. When pressure begins leaking inside this assembly, the entire transmission can start behaving as though it has a much more serious mechanical problem.
Common symptoms include harsh or delayed engagement, flared shifts, slipping, erratic shift timing, coast-down clunks, and inconsistent operation when the transmission is hot. We at Next Gen Drivetrain identify pressure loss and valve-body wear as causes of many recurring 6R80 shift complaints. Further, we recommend that technicians inspect for damaged separator-plate sealing material and crushed pulse dampeners.
Pulse dampeners are small accumulator-style components located inside the valve body. Their original purpose is to cushion the pulsed hydraulic signal produced by the transmission’s solenoids. Ford used different separator-plate and dampener configurations during the production life of the 6R80, including versions with six dampener-feed holes and later versions with only two.
As mileage accumulates, the dampeners can flatten, crush, or wear their bores. At the same time, the thin bonded or printed sealing material on the factory separator plate can become damaged. Either condition may create internal hydraulic cross-leaks. Once critical clutch pressure escapes, shifts can become slow, harsh, or unstable. Continued driving may eventually overheat or damage clutch packs, turning a relatively simple valve-body problem into an expensive transmission overhaul.
An extra-thick separator plate gasket with revised oil passages offers a practical solution. Rather than continuing to feed fluid to failure-prone pulse dampeners, the modified gasket blocks those circuits and hydraulically deletes the dampeners. The thicker crushing-style material also provides a more substantial seal between the valve-body castings, helping prevent the sealing-bead failures and cross-leaks associated with the original plate design. One commercially available system uses laser-cut steel and modified oil geometry specifically for this purpose.
The biggest advantage is affordability. The transmission does not need to be removed from the vehicle, and installation can be completed through the transmission pan with ordinary service tools. Compared with replacing a complete valve body or rebuilding the entire transmission, the separator-plate upgrade is a relatively inexpensive preventive repair. This approach addresses underlying hydraulic weakness instead of merely masking symptoms with software resets or repeated fluid changes.
Correct identification remains essential because 6R80 separator plates and dampener layouts vary by model year and application. The replacement must match the proper valve-body design. When correctly selected and installed, however, an extra-thick pulse-dampener-delete gasket can eliminate a major source of hydraulic leakage, restore more consistent shifts, and prevent many common 6R80 failures before they become catastrophic.
Proudly Backed by Our Next Gen Drivetrain® Lifetime/Unlimited Mileage Warranty:
We are so confident that our Next Gen Drivetrain® Billet Valve Body Upgrade Kit will outlive every other part of your vehicle that we offer a lifetime/unlimited mileage guarantee against O-Ring failure, valve warpage and valve erosion. If you believe a part in this kit has failed from intended use, you can send in part in exchange for a free replacement. We'll even cover shipping costs if applicable. We're completely confident these are the most durable transmission parts that will ever exist, and we're here to prove it.
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Note:
Difficulty Level: 3 out of 10
Install Time: 3 hours*
*This kit comes with very easy to follow instructions and visuals to help you install the product as efficiently as possible. If you run into any questions or hang-ups, just call in and ask to speak to an expert!
May Fix or Prevent:
- P0700 Family of Fault Codes
- Low Line Pressure Rise
- Solenoid "Stuck Off" Fault Codes
- Slamming Gears
- Shift Flare
- Slippage Under Load
- Overheating Issues
- P2700 Family of Fault Codes
- Poor Shift Quality
- 2-1 Downshift Clunk
- Repeated Intermediate Shaft Failure
- Repeated Overdrive Clutch Failure
You can expect:
- Faster/Smoother shifting
- Increased longevity
- Better clutch control
- Eliminates Crossleaks
- Cooler Operating Temperature
- Fixes problematic Line Pressure Bleedoff issue at High Heat/Pressure
- Can Capacitate Any Increase in Line Pressure or Lube Pressure
*For those who are not in the market for our complete and ready to install valve bodies, this is the perfect DIY solution that ANYONE can do, and is designed to address the major failure points of the Ford 6-Speed transmission once and for all.*
This Kit Comes With:
- (1) Next Gen Drivetrain® Laser-Cut Crushing Style Steel Separator Plate w/ Modified Oil Geometry
Frequently Asked Questions about the Ford 6-Speed Transmission:
Q: Is the Ford 6R Series a good transmission?
A: Known as a capable but cheaply designed transmission, the Ford 6R Series transmission is a definitive and obvious source for a variety of problems. This includes but is not limited to: Valve body crossleakage, burnt clutches, damaged broken shafts and much more. Nearly all of these ailments are preventing with a comprehensive valve body upgrade.
Q: Is there TCM Tuning for the Ford 6-Speed transmission?
A: Yes! The Ford 6-Speed transmission can be easily tuned to request different shift points, different lockup protocol and various other functional changes. However, most of these parameters do not need to change for the transmission to work optimally. Mechanical upgrades are significantly more important.
Q: What is the lifespan of a Ford 6-Speed transmission?
A: Although there are many variables, the Ford 6-Speed transmission lasts an average of 100,000 to 150,000 miles in unmodified trucks with average applications. Vehicles with larger tires, tuning, power-adding systems and other aggravating factors usually fail much sooner. Transmissions with religious maintenance routines that are used largely for highway miles can last longer in some cases.
Q: What is the best upgrade for a Ford 6-Speed transmission?
A: The single most important upgrade someone can perform on a Ford 6-Speed transmission is a valve body. The valve body is where the overwhelming majority of their problems begin, and can yield huge benefits to any application. All Ford 6-Speed transmissions, regardless of application, should have one of our upgraded valve bodies.
Q: What are the service intervals of a Ford 6-Speed transmission?
A: It is our advice that this transmission is hot-flushed and a complete fluid and filter change is executed every 25,000 miles on average. Extraordinary applications may want to perform these services more frequently, whereas highway exclusive applications can safely push a bit further between services.
Conclusion:
This product was designed so that the Ford 6-Speed transmission could survive hundreds of hundreds of thousands of miles safely. In all data we’ve collected, it was obvious that the pulse dampening system was the root cause of this poor longevity. Finally, a permanent and total solution exists. Still have questions? Call in and speak to an expert today!
