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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 12:10 AM
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Question Tranny servicing

Wanted to know what brand of tranny fluid everyones uses? I'm getting ready to flush the tranny and reservice it, and wanted to see if there was a tranny fluid most of you preferred.
 
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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 12:34 AM
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Schaeffer's here.
I wouldn't use anything else.
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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 05:23 AM
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Generic brand dino, Mercon/Dextron III. 30k mile changes.Joe
 
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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 07:15 AM
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Amsoil and have no problems
 
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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 07:55 AM
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Standard Mercon (not mercon 5) and a bottle of lucas tranny service.
 
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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 09:13 AM
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How many guarts & how do I know if I have a TC drain plug other than looking under the truck? What years had one?
 
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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 02:02 PM
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Ford stopped installing torque converter drain plugs soon after they started building 2002 model year trucks.
 
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