Tranny Fluid
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Tranny Fluid
Just talked to my dealer parts dept about SP and LV tranny fluid. Thay have both in stock and the LV is 4.63 a qt. and the SP is 5.95 a qt. They know nothing about the LV superceding the SP or about the SP being discontinued. They stated that they are still getting both. Just curious if there are any comments on this.
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LV actually preceded SP and now its back.
Makes me wonder how good (or necessary) SP was.
Lucas' new Multi Vehicle ATF is rated for SP and LV and we have used it for tens of thousands of miles in our Baja chase trucks with great results,
Makes me wonder how good (or necessary) SP was.
Lucas' new Multi Vehicle ATF is rated for SP and LV and we have used it for tens of thousands of miles in our Baja chase trucks with great results,
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I've used Valvoline MaxLife equivalent to mercon LV, works great, no issues so far:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...ml#post9258713
(You can get it at walmart)
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...ml#post9258713
(You can get it at walmart)
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I've used Valvoline MaxLife equivalent to mercon LV, works great, no issues so far:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...ml#post9258713
(You can get it at walmart)
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...ml#post9258713
(You can get it at walmart)
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If I was under warranty (and I didn't get Lucas for free) , I wouldn't blame you.
There's not enough of a price difference to worry about but it is a PITA to go to a dealer to pick up ATF!
There's not enough of a price difference to worry about but it is a PITA to go to a dealer to pick up ATF!
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5 miles from the house and not that exp. doing 8 qts. at a time. I do that every 10,000 miles with an ext. filter. My tft's have never gone over 184 degres towing a 31' 5er up the sierras.
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no 6.0 transmission is under factory warranty that I know of ?? maybe EXT ? .. but Valvoline personally told me they would back up their fluid if there was an issue ,, they also told me they sell bulk to ford and the max life is used for the torque shift and used vehicle on their lots that gets a trans service
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no 6.0 transmission is under factory warranty that I know of ?? maybe EXT ? .. but Valvoline personally told me they would back up their fluid if there was an issue ,, they also told me they sell bulk to ford and the max life is used for the torque shift and used vehicle on their lots that gets a trans service
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thats why I threw in the EXT disclaimer
I bought mine the day the oem 3/36 bumper to bumper was up ,, I drove to the closest ford dealer and checked the price of a longer warranty to match the engine warranty ,, they told me forget about it,,, my lift would give them a way out on almost all powertrain issues .. I since have learned it's more about the dealer than the lift ,, so I am stuck with my crap EXT Guardian warranty AKA GWC
I bought mine the day the oem 3/36 bumper to bumper was up ,, I drove to the closest ford dealer and checked the price of a longer warranty to match the engine warranty ,, they told me forget about it,,, my lift would give them a way out on almost all powertrain issues .. I since have learned it's more about the dealer than the lift ,, so I am stuck with my crap EXT Guardian warranty AKA GWC
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thats why I threw in the EXT disclaimer
I bought mine the day the oem 3/36 bumper to bumper was up ,, I drove to the closest ford dealer and checked the price of a longer warranty to match the engine warranty ,, they told me forget about it,,, my lift would give them a way out on almost all powertrain issues .. I since have learned it's more about the dealer than the lift ,, so I am stuck with my crap EXT Guardian warranty AKA GWC
I bought mine the day the oem 3/36 bumper to bumper was up ,, I drove to the closest ford dealer and checked the price of a longer warranty to match the engine warranty ,, they told me forget about it,,, my lift would give them a way out on almost all powertrain issues .. I since have learned it's more about the dealer than the lift ,, so I am stuck with my crap EXT Guardian warranty AKA GWC
