BAD GROUND KILLS POWERSTROKE TRANSMISSION

[@13EN17]

Checked my grounds right after seeing this, the smaller exposed one is completely broken and my bigger battery to chassis grounds are poor as well. Thanks Bill you're the best.

[@clancas01]

There is no one else that gives away this type of information like this to save your truck. Good stuff.

[@townsendliving9750]

It's nice to see chumley is making an honest living these days

[@mdevidograndpacificlumbera1539]

Good to see honest men still in this world. Thank you

[@theoriginalemptysauce]

Bill is willing to learn something new every day rather than thinking he already knows everything. Yet another reason why Bill and Powerstroke Technologies rock!

[@JOSHUAK71]

First of all, Thank You Bill and Scott for sending me the PDF of the Transmission Death by Electrocution papers. I called A1 and they gave me a few helpful pointers and tips. I got all 3 of my ground wire installed yesterday. I used 2AWG wire. I made my own for around $35, I even soldered the ends before crimping them and heat shrieked to keep the weather out. My passenger side ground was almost deteriorated in half. I even used 4 cans of satin black RustOleum while I was under there and my frame looks new again. Thanks again for all the Extra help you give to us Powerstroke owners. You ROCK!!

[@jotessier453]

Are you able to send me it ?

[@jameskeehn2091]

Bill, So glad I saw this, I replaced the bed on my 99' F250 SD 7.3 and took off at least 2 of these ground straps, I will put them back on quickly and add a couple to the transmission!Thanks so much!

[@huntguy3831]

Why wouldn’t you put ground straps back on? They’re there for a reason

[@smoretolife6668]

We can’t thank you enough Bill for passing on this valuable information sir!

[@tomwalton2872]

Attention to detail for sure ! Out standing my friend,I'm very greatful for you and your willingness to inform us with the honest truth and wisdom from your experience. Thank you sir.

[@feeneysmechanical6215]

Great video. I took your advice. I ran a new ground wire. From the driver's side battery to the left frame rail. Then left frame rail to the transmission. On the right side I replaced the body to chassis ground. Then ran a new ground from the right side battery to the right frame rail. I load test them with a 9007 bulb. The lights on the truck became brighter. Transmission shifted better. I even got rid of the famous Ford Voltage gauge sweep when the turn signals are working. Thank you again.

[@heypulmyfinger5065]

Can I just pour Archoil on my grounds and it'll be good?

[@bbubacz1]

HeyPulMyFinger 😂😂😂

[@JHorse508]

Yes

[@greggapowell67]

No, but you can fill your battery with arch oil and then you don't need any grounds.

[@turnkeyconstruction]

Have had a grounding issue in my 97 F350 7.3 and I never thought about the woven ground wire going bad!!

[@GhostFleetServices]

I can confirm this. I'm friends with a guy that does nothing but build transmissions. He specializes in E40Ds, 4R100s, 5R110s, and up. He had a guy a couple years ago bring him a 5R110 that was completely welded together like bill has shown in the video. It was the first failure like that he ever saw. He rebuilt it and gave it back to the guy. Two weeks later the guy blew another transmission. Same thing. Gears welded together again. Guy is furious at my friend saying he messed something up. Friend knows he didn't. He rebuilds it again for him. Two weeks later it happens AGAIN. Long story short they realized it wasn't my friend, but something else so they started looking for at anything and everything. That's when they realized that the truck was grounding through the transmission because his grounding straps were rotted off. They fixed the ground, put in another transmission and it's been good since. CHECK THOSE GROUNDS.

[@lightningsmokerXx]

Spray your grounds with Krown T40 or Fluid Film to prevent corrosion from starting (they are non-conductive & safe for electrical connections )

[@Chris-Fennimore]

Good information Bill. Thanks for sharing.

[@stevecochran2677]

I noticed my ground on my 2002 7.3 was corroded through and ment to put a new one on, now I'm doing tomorrow. Thanks Bill, I would have never thought of this but it makes sense.

[@anonymousgeorge4321]

Great tip! I'll be checking mine in the morning. Thanks, guys.

[@ik04]

The bronze bushings in one of my old cars were burned from grounding the starter through the transmission. The engine ground strap was left disconnected!

[@MrTheHillfolk]

ik04 Haha yup , roller bearings get really ugly from that. I’ve even seen engine plain bearings get the no ground attack.

[@murphtahoe1]

Holy crap! Looks like I bought my battery cable crimper just at the right time! Time to get this looked at. Thanks for the great info Bill!!!

[@greglasko]

WOW Gettin under the truck today! I have already loosened/cleaned. But going back under and replace all. THANKS GUYS YU ROCK!

[@cerwin21]

Upgraded my grounds and added a total of 3 to trans and one from transfer case to frame. Night and day difference, shifts so smooth, smooth power through rpm range. Totally worth the $90 in 1/0 wire and terminals

[@JohnDiMartino]

Remember back when cars and trucks had throttle cables? I seen several fail and melt because of bad grounds and no grounds. That little cable has no chance carrying cranking current just like the PSD pump stator can’t handle the cranking amperage of the Powerstroke! Thanks for the tip Bill!

[@XXNINJAKILLERX]

Thanks Bill, Always great info you share with all us!!

[@kg2005USMC]

Thank you Bill! I just e-mailed you and I do live in the Northwest and drive a 6.0. Great and informative video, as always.

[@stevenwilson3368]

Bill you the man! Thanks! Keep up the great work.

[@edsequip]

I can see this happening with all automatic transmissions. Solenoids not shifting properly because of bad grounds is one example.

[@JohnDiMartino]

Connie Tiesenhausen This is likely more of an issue cranking the engine where a large amount of current is needed to turn the engine over and there’s so much. Resistance on the grounds that it goes elsewhere to get to ground ,the current welds the parts together,then they fail from being welded on.

[@MrTheHillfolk]

Connie Tiesenhausen Old vw rabbits would try and ground thru the speedo cable if you had a bad ground. Turn the key , watch the needle move and fry it right up as it tried to ground thru the speedometer head. Bad grounds can also attack engine bearings in the same way, from it trying to ground thru the bearings. Electric motor bearings can do it, install a grounding brush on the shaft..... I’ve seen too many bad grounds screw up the most unsuspected things over the years.

[@edsequip]

MrHillfolk when you have strange electical issues get out your voltmeter and do some voltage drop tests on your ground circuits to start with. This will often resolve the problem.

[@MrTheHillfolk]

Connie Tiesenhausen Yup I know that 20+yrs later, and as a tech now the darn meter is glued to my hip 😬 Bad grounds will magnetize a crank too, and it’ll have all the chips stuck to it upon teardown.

[@edsequip]

John DiMartino yup I get your point. I guess what I meant to say was that you can also have other transmission issues with bad grounds present.

[@joshuakennedy1313]

Thank you so much. I added a ground from trans to frame and it seems to shift so much better when cold! I couldn't believe it!

[@donmuir517]

Never heard of this before will definitely be checking into this THANKS!

[@ssimon64]

I'm sticking with my old '96 7.3 with the 5-speed. Heck with all these newfangled diesels and their fancy automatic transmissions!

[@edwardtabor77]

Still check the grounds

[@ninjapat66]

Thanks for sharing I plan on adding a few grounds it def won't hurt to have them.

[@mikebagwell8229]

What I love about Bill is that there's absolutely no pretense. He doesn't have the fancy foyer of a dealer, and his mechanics might have grease under their fingernails, but he and Mikey and all the guys are MASTERS of the Powerstroke Diesel engines. Like Bill said about his uncles in an earlier video, they might "put all the money into the motor and paint the [truck] with a brush, but they go out and whoop some ass on race day," but these guys don't EVEN half-ass paint the truck with a brush! They go full sprint, line to line every day. People like these make America great--the honest doers. I don't own a Powerstroke, and I don't know Bill personally, but the character is there. Businesses like his turn over the engine of the economy on a 10-degree day.

[@bmxguy08]

I work on all sorts of cars and I have seen some weird ass problems caused by bad grounds. Once had a 2004 land rover discovery that the main engine ground broke off then when you tried to crank it over it would send the ground through the parking brake wire melted the cable insulation and locked the parking brake on. it basically welded the parking brake cable.

[@Pbjperformance]

Checking my ground tonight. Thanks bill!

[@coal-rollinpowerstrokinkra7311]

Well after 4 months of trial and error trying to fix my 4r100 O/D light and hard shift this video fixed my issue do to bad grounds. And no reoccurring inconsistency of flashing O/D light and they told me i needed a rebuild or new trans but i knew that wasnt the case thank u thank u and thanks again

[@justingeraldi2304]

The paperwork actually says not to run a ground to the transmission case!!!!!! The easiest way to fix this issue/what I do is,,I run a new ground wire from the drivers side motor mount bolt to the drivers side battery negative connection. I buy a 4 foot 4 guage ground wire from the auto parts store for about 10.00 ,,it has a round eyelet on both sides. I do this on every 5r110w transmission rebuild,,even if you check for voltage on the ground wire during cranking,,,it may pass but the vehicle can come back a year later with the front pump destroyed,,that's why it's important to add a ground wire between the block and drivers side battery

[@mhandler2000]

Wow! Transmission death but also human death in the pocketbook! :-O

[@bigtREE-k]

Thank you thank you guys for let us know what a ground wire can cost in the transmission Good job fellas 👍 Thanks Chris

[@TheFoMoCo1903]

Not trying to burst your bubble but how is the drive shaft giving you a ground? The carrier bearing is in rubber, there is rubber bushings in the leaf springs and hangers, rubber bushings in the shock mounts and rubber bushings in the away bar link ends. A rubber brake hose. Is it the parking brake cable? I think not, that would melt the first time it had to become the starter ground.

[@j.d.martinez153]

Dam B, I bet some trans shops are not happy about you letting the cat out of the bag on this one money maker. Nether the less, good knowledge to have for Trucks that are coming from up North to the south.

[@davidmashburn6890]

I’m wondering what the engine bearings look like a bad ground will do the same thing to engine bearings

[@1BigMistakee]

Welp.. Bill: how many transmissions have you seen do this? Guy: I wont put a number on it but probably half the units. 2 minutes later.. Bill: so how many do you see do this? Guy: about 50. Lmao

[@Mr.Beastforpresident]

alec y 😂😂😂😂 now that's sum funny shit!

[@kylebrett4673]

😂😂 hahaha, good stuff. Gotta appreciate these guys though!

[@davidvonanderseck8649]

Wow thank you. My Trans scattered and couldn't figure why. Now I know. Thanks and I hit the subscribe 😃😃

[@richborg45]

Thanks for the great tips. I'm going to check all my grounds. I would drive my 96 F350xl down to you from Ohio, but it's having all kinds speed sensor issues in the differential.

[@joshs6035]

Well shit! I appreciate the info and getting the big wire and crimpers out now. Thanks for the info!

[@justingeraldi2304]

People keep asking,, This only applies to 03-10 6.0 and 6.4 model diesel trucks mostly but can happen on gas models too. I have only seen it on 6.0 trucks and Excursions

[@aaronhernandez4350]

Honestly thinking twice about getting a power stroke. But the 6.2 and the 7.3 gas engine are looking better and better every day

[@twayland6186]

Gas big blocks are cheaper to fix if anything does go wrong

[@briandalton4755]

7.3 is a diesel not a gasser

[@tocsa120ls]

Old memories, on my old car I had a slow crank. Buddy popped the hood and showed me the red glowing throttle cable. The engine was grounding through the throttle cable. I see Ford still likes to skimp on grounding straps.

[@jodiemigura6832]

So is one of these symptoms stalling upon acceleration from stop

[@JOSHUAK71]

Thank you so much for your videos and mechanical check list

[@FDM33510]

They never mentioned if this also relates to the 4R100....

[@thomasbarlow4223]

Still gonna make a few fresh grounds on my 2001e450

[@sirrichardwhitney5452]

Bonding cable dont count in flow path. Bonding cables are to give the frame and body the same electric value.

[@tomtheplummer7322]

When ya get a static shock from getting your butt out. Bad ground

[@1crazynordlander]

This could happen to any vehicle. Time to throw the electrical system out the door and use a crank or if you have a manual park it on a hill. Oh, ya build a fire under it during the winter to warm 'em up! Good Video! Pony motor? Welding will do crazy things too. Crank to main bearing seizing, etc.

[@thetruth4791]

Thanks for the Info ,unrelated to this i once saw a Power steering hose that melted all the rubber cause it was Steel braided , grounds are Important. Thanks Again

[@HammanD152]

Also, when welding (wire feeder) exhaust components on, make sure the ground is on the exhaust components and not on the frame or body!

[@EM-fi2qg]

Here's a weird one for you. 1997 obs 7.3. My transmission actually shifts 4 times, and upshifts when I stuff into the throttle harder. Instead of it holding the gear to produce more power, it freaking upshifts.

[@madmodifier]

3 shifts and the TQ lock up (can feel like a shift) is the normal behavior.

[@Deweyfd13]

E30 M3 torque converter clutch engagement. Mine does the same. Feels like a shift but it isn’t.

[@adrianspeeder]

TC lock and unlock.

[@MrNotorius5500]

Gonna check all my grounds on ol’ Brutus when I get off work!

[@endurotruckererniedesjardins]

I found a large black ground wire that runs behind the passenger side front coil spring tower. Copper was hard as a rock and snapped clean through. I'll be goin over the rest asap. My cab has been off by the previous owner so who knows what I'll find. It's been 5 years of fixing his handy work.

[@dwthomle]

I just saw a video from you on grounding problems causing serious damage to the transmission. Could you please send me information on this. I am having injector circuit low on all eight cylinders with high FICM main fluctuating between 51 and 54 volts along with a U0101 code. It is a very intermittent issue. I highly suspect grounding problems. Love your sight and videos. Thanks.

[@davidmoore8741]

Somewhat unrelated but deff a ground issue. So I work with generators on movies/stages/rock shows and so on. All generators are ground/neutral bonded, I ALWAYS PUT A GROUND ROD DIRECTLY TO EARTH. Many ppl try to tell me I'm wrong and make their points of why and blah blah blah. But I ran into a situation on a film set where a extension cord got pinched in a lift gate on the hair and make up trailer, they said they were getting shocked everytime they were entering/exiting the trailer via the stairs and half the lights were out inside and certain outlets were not working. I imeditally told them all to exit the trail and don't allow anyone near it till I could trace back the problem. So walked the main trunk line from the genny and started checking all the camlocks connections to see if maybe one one loose and checking each distribution box, I kept getting amp readings in the ground and neutrals from the genny all the way down the line and was puzzled that the breakers were not tripping. Finally made it to the trailer and sure as shit I got shocked, another guy was inside the trailer checking the panel to see what the issue might be. And he noticed that when I got shocked the lights that were out flashed. Now we r really puzzled wth is going on here. So I walked around and found the the. Cord that was pinched, it had rubbed the insulation off the wires and was grounding threw the gate but wasn't tripping the breakers. So soon as we unplugged it the lights came back on. And everything started working correctly. Even more puzzled now we plugged it back in after isolating that circuit I the panel nd turned it off and then repinched the cable as b4 and then turned that breaker back on and sure as shit same thing happened but the breaker didn't trip. Now mind u this LA guy who is a "electrical engineer" I got in a huge debate with him that this was prolly being caused by the genny not having a earthened Direct ground. He proceeded to tell me basicly I'm a dumb younge kid and had no idea what I was talking about and the genny trailer is grounded threw the jack to the earth and blah blah blah. So I got on the phone to one of the old guys in my union who knows a hell of a lot more than me and has his own genny truck, he explained that yes I was correct and the probability of what was happening was cause it was a electrical backfeed lower than what the breaker would trip at. So I shut down the genny. Added a direct earthened ground from the camlocks port and then fired the genny back up. Sure as shit lick clock work every single distro pack tripped all the way down the line including the breaker in the panel of that trailer. We corrected this problem and that LA guy was fired and sent home on a plane. I was then appointed to his postion for the remainder of this show. and ALL THE GENNYS HAD DIRECT EARTHED GROUNDS from that day forward. This is still a debate I get into with gennerator guys still to this day. The thing is it, was circling the system and didn't have a ground so with the ground and neutral bonded it was trying to find a earthened ground to trip the system. All generators should be earthened grounded right at the genny so u don't get this situation. Be safe ppl!

[@franciscovera828]

to test bad grounds don't get misled by the term VOLTAGE DROP.bad grounds will display ELEVATED voltage.good grounds need to be low volts about 1 tenth of a volt,except while cranking they might go as high as half volt.always try to test dynamically loaded by at least having ignition key forward.

[@Aplushandymanservice]

4 transmissions with 3 different shops and still overheating one won’t back up there warranty the last one just said get here so we can diagnose it. Told them the problem from the get go it’s overheating and my box truck has the same 5r110w transmission as this video. I’m not a mechanic but definitely need my box truck to run my business and they keep screwing me over

[@bosshoss69lee]

I like the ground going to the block and the off it the frame, corners cut equal wallet slashes

[@tracnunya7165]

Its the starter motor, engine ground degrades or breaks and the high amp starter seeks ground through the trans, ground the outside of the starter to the frame.

[@johnaiken8511]

Would this create the same problem in the 5.4 had complete transmission failure after installing a reman and rebuilding the engine

[@KERNFUZED]

Done! 4/0 copper from heads to frames to trans tabs ...all braided replaced ...hope that good!

[@KERNFUZED]

Comments Comments on "2003 Powerstroke 6.0L Battery Cable Upgrade to Balance Battery Life" KERNFUZED KERNFUZED 1 day ago Just added 4/0 copper Back pass Cyl Head to frame.....then 4/0 copper from frame to trans tab...converter draws ome power.. do i Still have to double the Front!? Thankx!!! Great workk N thankx for your sacrafice Health ...lol TooManyToys Highlighted reply TooManyToys 11 hours ago Ford in their Body Builders guide states to not add any grounds to the transmission. All of the transmission electrical flow both positive and negative for transmission functions are isolated and carried through the harness. ? Here of this ......

[@richbujnowski7990]

would this happen to a 6.8l V10 02 F250?

[@atx-cvpi_99]

Rich Bujnowski yeah it can happen on automatics.

[@bernhardwurzbacher5364]

is this for the 6R140 in the 6.7 powerstroke also or just the 6.0L trucks?

[@thenorthwestpreppers4457]

Did they upgrade these at any time for 2011 6.7s? or should i mention this in the next oil change and service I get at my local Diesel shop?

[@sigurdsimonsen8870]

does this video reply to a 4r100 to?

[@BruceLee-xn3nn]

Is this more so on newer models with more electronic parts?

[@edgartaylor7421]

Are these problems just on the 6.0 series or are these problems on the 7.3 trucks?

[@endurotruckererniedesjardins]

It could happen to any automatic really. But 7.3L n 6.0L trust is with the 5r110. 4r110 is likely effected too. As well as all the newer stuff could have it happen too I'd guess

[@Retadin]

That pump body looks awfully familiar. Wonder if it was made by the company that I work for?

[@BULL-and-WRENCH]

1995 F-350 7.3L Powerstroke Dually. Sometimes (not all the time) when I go to turn my key, nothing will happen for 2-3 seconds. Could that be a ground problem or a key ignition cylinder?

[@talleddie81]

Is it safe to assume that this would apply to the gas superduty trucks as well?

[@bbubacz1]

talleddie81 ....no, just the diesels, specifically the 6.0 Powerstroke bulletproofed have grounds.

[@dominicdemicoiii402]

id say it could happen to anything, id look and see if you have broken grounds and fix any that are. no reason to start adding any that were never installed in the first place

[@Heywoodj1969]

Hope you guys read these comments... I have a 2012 6.7 F350 dually that is having hard downshifts from 4th... then a bit later (6 months), its hard shifting into and out of 6th... I did have the trans serviced ( by ford), and I believe they flushed, and “cleaned” the solenoid area, and my have even changed a couple solenoids - I’d have to pull the paperwork to be sure, but it’s still very bad ( like you are hitting something) when it downshifts... I’m wondering gif this grounding could be an issue... anywhere else I should check? I’m going to install some ground straps myself and see if it helps... I’m in Ottawa CANADA...

[@nathanrobinson1174]

Is this for the 6.7 as well noticed I disconnected all cables then touched ground wire to ground terminal and it sparks with no battery positive hooked up

[@liuyunqian]

Is there anyone wants to question where was the said current / voltage draw came from?

[@tracnunya7165]

starter rmotor

[@yurikfarba7169]

Bill you deserve a hug

[@riverflyswatter]

Thanks for the info. Is that an issue with the 7.3 too?

[@gmax341]

Would this potentially fix a DTC P1742 for E4OD trans?

[@coderedfit]

So I need to buy how many cables? Length of each? What gauge? Thanks guys. My truck is pretty crispy under there. I've been slowly reducing the weight over time to increase performance.

[@rydplrs71]

I’ll check my 5.4 grounds, but I’m thinking the electric demands for the diesel are greater.

[@johnaiken8511]

I know this is 3 year old but does this create the same problems with gas 4r100 transmission

[@God_Famiily_Fishing]

2000 7.3 automatic transmission goes in neutral every time I touch the break pedal help me it’s my daily driver and I don’t have the cash to put it in the shop Transmission has 97,000 miles on rebuild was told it was upgraded hd with shift kit by a cop who I just bought it from so I don’t know anything about it. Thanks

[@treycapps6372]

I'm having a issue that I can not explain and now I wonder if this is my problem! Grounding is so important.. I will check grounds but if it doesn't fix it I would like to send a video of my issue if possible?

[@markenda1]

I guess to ask a stupid question, but could this be a potential problem with the 7.3 manual 6-speed transmission?

[@atx-cvpi_99]

No

[@holydaman6952]

Does this only do this on the 6.0 ? I'm running two 7.3 trucks one auto and one manual

[@epena23]

Are this ground locations same than on a 96 f250 7.3 4x4

[@pauljansky7971]

HE SAID HAPPENS ON ABOUT HALF OF THEM -I WORK FOR FORD AND I HAVE SEEN VERY FEW /DOES THIS SOUND LIKE SALES

[@cromagnon305]

Why wouldn't the ground travel through the bell housing bolts and skip the pump?

[@banno6938]

Whats it doing to your main bearings ?

[@johnbean40]

just checked mine and it’s gone.

[@lucpullum4235]

Is this on all powerstrokes I have a 2002 f250 7.3L automatic

[@stanleybennett8879]

Would this be with all truck automatic transmission?

[@TacticMatriXx]

So I just got a 2003 Ford F-250 superduty and when it get up to 50 -60 and you hold it there it shakes not like a super violent shake but enough to make you be like this doesn’t seem right any ideas on what it could be there is a transmission line leak but that is being fix thanks

[@repoman2006]

sir I have a 2000 f350 cab chassis, it has a dead short that has me stumped. I have removed the gem module (that was shorted out and destroyed), and the interior fusebox. it still has a dead short. the row of mini fuses nearest the engine on the outer fusebox are shorted out. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

[@ryanmacf]

I tried to email. Didn't work. Is there a way I can get a copy of that paper??

[@howardwhite9773]

Potential (pun not intended) problem for manual transmissions, also?

[@Srt_clipz]

What gusts is that grounding wire ?

[@brianfivas6906]

I really appreciate this info :)