Long trip
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Long trip
I am going to drive from South Florida to New York City at the end of June to pull a U-haul back with my daughter's furniture. I have 170K on the 98 F150 4x4 XLT automatic truck and wanted some ideas of what to do before I leave. Mainly should I add a trans cooler and deep trans pan, or just do a service on the trans and let it go from there.
Thanks Dan
Thanks Dan
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Cooler is a good idea. Deep pan?
Join Autoclub with the 200 mile tow option.
Check your cell service along the route.
Make sure you have lots of limit left on the CCards.
If you are going to do a trans service, do it now and run it for a while. I don't recommend a flush. I had one followed by trans failure, as have several other posters here. Could be a coincedence, could be meaningless... BUT any work, service, new component, etc, should be shaken out BEFORE the trip.
Join Autoclub with the 200 mile tow option.
Check your cell service along the route.
Make sure you have lots of limit left on the CCards.
If you are going to do a trans service, do it now and run it for a while. I don't recommend a flush. I had one followed by trans failure, as have several other posters here. Could be a coincedence, could be meaningless... BUT any work, service, new component, etc, should be shaken out BEFORE the trip.
