so here lately my truck not liking going from 2nd to 3rd gear so today i change the fluid and filter i did not flush the trans at risk the trans would quit i dropped the pan and emptied and cleaned pan now it won't shift into 3rd unless you put it in neutral then drive again what wrong with it
i put dextron 3 atf in it the owner manual said it was sufficient
96 dodge ram 5.2 with 46rh trans
never had a trans and i didn't check the bands today

 

Get that atf 3 out of it now, it will kill hte trans....you are supposed to put in atf4, its a fully synthetic fluid. ATF 3 WILL KILL YOUR TRANS

 

Did you put Dextron 3 in there, or ATF+3 made by Dextron? They are not the same thing (not sure if the latter even exists).

The manual, IIRC, states you can use it for emergencies only, when proper ATF+3 (or ATF+4 in later model years) is not available. ATF+4 is better than ATF+3, and is the only fluid that Chrysler transmissions like. Anything else, given a short period of time, will ruin your tranny. Unfortunately, you're going to have to flush it, I'm afraid, to get all that junk out of there. Your transmission sounds like its already having issues, so you really have nothing left to lose, IMO.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I'd start doing research on reputable transmission shops for a rebuild.

 

wait so why would dodge say that it would work if it won't cause there was only two option in the owner manual it was the the dextron 3 i don't think it had a plus sign it was from wal-mart what the difference between 3 and 4

 

http://www.aa1car.com/library/atf.htm theres a chart in here and some reads on tranny/ fluids

 

walmart didn't have the dodge brand and like i said earlier the manual said dex 3

if it never been changed since it come off factory it won't know that dex 4 was supposed to go in it cause dex 4 was released till after so why change

 

my transmission did the same thing, would not shift into 3rd, went to neutral and back to drive, worked and drove fine for about 20 miles. the od off light came on, then seconds later the trans temp light came on, by the time i was able to get off the freeway i had lost 3rd and 4th gear, with fluid pouring out of the bell housing. needless to say it was done

 

is it worth the money to run royal purple atf in my 5.2 auto ram
?
if not what atf should i use?

 

ATF +4.

I just grab the generic stuff.

 

Supertech ATF+4 will work from wal-mart, just as long as its ATF+4, and the difference is ATF+4 is a fully synthetic fluid.compared to ATF3 which is like conventional.