been reading alot here and have a question . first of all you guys have a great site here, im new. I bought my 2000 dakota 3.9 quad last year and have been reading about the tranny fliud and filter change. I always had a stick and changed my tranny every year. I do alot of beach driving. any way I was wondering, since I dont know exactly what the other owner did, should I leave it, or change it. I runs fine but I want to do the right service. Its been my experience that sometimes its better to leave it if your not sure how it was serviced unless you have problems. or should I do it to avoid future problems.

 

rule of thumb change evertythong when you get a used vehicle, tranny, oil, anti freeze, diff oil, transfercase, plugs ect...

 

I would change all the fluids now. you never know if or when the old owner changed them.

 

thanx, thats what i wanted to do but wasnt sure about the tranny. changed all the others already. The one thing I do know about the truck is that it was dealer serviced since it was owned, all the recalls have been done and I wish I bought a dodge a long time ago.