How much tranny fluid
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Joined: Jun 2005
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From: Riverton, UT
Don't have the dealer service the trans. Too expensive there and they are jack-of-all-trades. Go to a transmission shop They specialize in transmissions and related stuffs. Here is the perfect prescription:
Go to dealer. Buy 2 gallons ATF+4 and the Mopar Trans filter
Go to parts store. Buy 5 bottles of 75W90 Mobile1 diff oil.
Go to trans shop. Instruct them to NOT flush anything except their toilets. You want the trans pan dropped, the trans filter changed and ALL of the trans bands adjusted. They will want to use their own ATF+4 equivalent and their own filter too. Tell them you are supplying the parts and fluid and they are just doing the labor. Remind them to adjust the bands. If they tell you that you don't have bands... you are at the wrong transmission shop.
Service the trans in this fashion each 2 years or 36,000 miles.
While in there for trans service, that is the perfect time to have the drain and refill (a simply servicing) of the front and rear diffs. This is where the 75W90 comes in. If you have the limited slip rear end, when at the dealer getting your parts, add $9 for a bottle of friction modifier for the limited slip rear. Have it added to your rear diff at time of servicing.
A transmission adjust with parts and fluids at the dealer costs near $600. Using this method, you have all the parts AND get the differentials serviced (missing from the $600 dealer rape job they are pulling) all for under $300.
At the trans shop, have them review the transfer case and it needs servicing, have it done too while you are there. Some trans shops do it automatically, some don't touch it unless told to do so.
HTH,
IndyD
Go to dealer. Buy 2 gallons ATF+4 and the Mopar Trans filter
Go to parts store. Buy 5 bottles of 75W90 Mobile1 diff oil.
Go to trans shop. Instruct them to NOT flush anything except their toilets. You want the trans pan dropped, the trans filter changed and ALL of the trans bands adjusted. They will want to use their own ATF+4 equivalent and their own filter too. Tell them you are supplying the parts and fluid and they are just doing the labor. Remind them to adjust the bands. If they tell you that you don't have bands... you are at the wrong transmission shop.
Service the trans in this fashion each 2 years or 36,000 miles.
While in there for trans service, that is the perfect time to have the drain and refill (a simply servicing) of the front and rear diffs. This is where the 75W90 comes in. If you have the limited slip rear end, when at the dealer getting your parts, add $9 for a bottle of friction modifier for the limited slip rear. Have it added to your rear diff at time of servicing.
A transmission adjust with parts and fluids at the dealer costs near $600. Using this method, you have all the parts AND get the differentials serviced (missing from the $600 dealer rape job they are pulling) all for under $300.
At the trans shop, have them review the transfer case and it needs servicing, have it done too while you are there. Some trans shops do it automatically, some don't touch it unless told to do so.
HTH,
IndyD
$600? damn, too expensive? The dealer charged me $120 for tranny maintenance such as band adjustment etc... That was a couple years ago. Not sure if they still charge this much but will ask them.
I don't think I burned my bands. Fluids still looks brand new. Did not drive the truck hard on the trip. Just baby it and cruise with it on all the 1700+ miles Round trip. It shifts normal if you manually throw it in first. Only when you come to a complete stop, it gets stuck.
If I have to take it to a tranny shop, what national shops do you guys recommend? I don't know of any reputable tranny shops in the DFW area so I rather pay the bucks and take it to my reputable dealer instead.
I don't think I burned my bands. Fluids still looks brand new. Did not drive the truck hard on the trip. Just baby it and cruise with it on all the 1700+ miles Round trip. It shifts normal if you manually throw it in first. Only when you come to a complete stop, it gets stuck.
If I have to take it to a tranny shop, what national shops do you guys recommend? I don't know of any reputable tranny shops in the DFW area so I rather pay the bucks and take it to my reputable dealer instead.
Champion
Joined: Jun 2006
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From: Indiana
Thanks guys. I'll always try to give the best advise I know of.
Kensai, IMHO skip the national chain shops. They employ just about anyone that's a step above a WalMart Auto Tech. I would advise a local, OLD, transmission shop. The only way they got old was by doing the right thing year over year over year. Had they not been on the right path, they wouldn't have survived.
Good luck with it! I think it's the bands.
IndyDurango
Kensai, IMHO skip the national chain shops. They employ just about anyone that's a step above a WalMart Auto Tech. I would advise a local, OLD, transmission shop. The only way they got old was by doing the right thing year over year over year. Had they not been on the right path, they wouldn't have survived.
Good luck with it! I think it's the bands.
IndyDurango
