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I know this will probably open a can of worms up, but I just want to get a third opinion from y'all. So I recently bought the truck a couple months ago, it has 1495xx miles on it. It does shift a little rough, my question is should I change the tranny fluid/filter? I don't know if the previous owner has done any maintenance on it. I am hearing and reading different things from people, some say don't mess with it you will only get problems, others say do it and it will shift smoother/last longer... I am confused as hell on what I should do; any input will be greatly appreciated.
Doing a fluid/filter change is actually a good idea. While you are in there, it probably wouldn't hurt to adjust the bands either. A trans FLUSH is what most folks consider a 'bad' idea, on a trans that you don't know how well maintained it was.
Thanks for the quick response, yeah I was actually just looking at the band adjustment procedure in the service manual and looks really easy if you have a decent torque wrench/tools. One thing I didn't notice in the manual is what to torque the tranny pan bolts to upon reinstalling the pan.
If you haven't done this trick before..... be VERY careful how you take the bolts out. There is a LOT of fluid in there, and it likes to come out ALL AT ONCE.