I picked up a bottle of Lucas Oil today. Its supposed to help with slipping in the tranny and ease up the shifting. Before I put it in I wanted some of your input. Good or Bad idea?

 

i used luca in my charger once, it didint help

 

Bad idea IMHO...many tests I have seen rate used oil right up there with it.....there are better additives out the by better companies

 

i just thought hell for 10 bucks its worth a try. would it cause problems?

 

i had better luck adding brake fluid to my slipping tranny then i did with lucas

 

What is one of those "better products by better companies?" Cuz my reverse is on its last leg and i need it to last out this winter season.

 

how much brake fluid?

 

I have always worn Red Wing boots....they seem to wear good and plenty of traction when pushing your truck backwards...LOL

 

what other additives would help with longevity of tranny or engine?

 

its an oldschool trick to add a cap full of brakefluid to a slipping tranny. it only works if it slips due to leaky seals, not burnt clutches. the brake fluid reacts with the rubber and causes it to swell. my seals were hard and i knew i was on borrowed time. it was a "cruise only" tranny and not for hard throttle abuse but you all know how well that works...... needless to say it let go on me and got bad fast. i decided to go for broke and dumped the whole bottle of brake fluid in (drastic attempt to make it home) let the car run for 15-20 minutes and tried drivinig it, the slipping was gone just enough to cruise home very easy, she would slip going up hills but it made it home. i was amazed. by no means would i recomend this as a fix or patch to anyone, it was purely a drastic attempt to not call a tow truck. in my case it worked. will it work again? lets hope i never have to find out.

 

just standard maintenance.....most oil additives just cover up the problem for a bit....use a good quality oil and regular changes should be all you need......I am approaching 400k and actually lengthened the changes than the original owner.....that was after a Blackstone test and said my oil was still good.....I change my oil at 8-10k intervals and my tranny is due now that I have 45k on it...but I am sending that fluid in to get tested as well so it might be fine

 

i change my tranny fluid overy 15-20k, whether its dirty or not. i dont want to take chances, and its paid off for me. i change the filter every 30k.

 

LOL..... thats funny Ron. Is it true they've got some warrenty on them? Its time for new boots too seein as i forsee a lot of pushing in my future haha. (Sorry OT)

 

Lucas is very very bad man. Every where tranny motor or fuel. the stuff is just **** in a bottle...........

 

Ya might try "Extenz"