When I first got my Dakota, I knew the trans had not been serviced and it
was at 60k. It would stick in second gear. I called some of the local
trans shops and they consistently told me they used ATF+3 in all the
Chryslers...they tried to tell me it was no diff from ATF+4. I gave up and
went to the dealership and had the flush done which cost me about $150, but
it completely straightened out my tranny and I have done the service now
again at 90k, and am at 103k on the original transmission. I just think my
tranny is too expensive to take a chance with anything other than what the
engineers that make them suggest. Just my 2 cents and I am not sure its
worth that much...
Rascal
Leaching minerals by the second.....
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Josh Battles
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 10:07 AM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: DML: Re: RE: Trans fluid
""Bernd D. Ratsch"" <bernd@texas.net> wrote in message
news:001201c35973$8a135620$020aa8c0@system...
>
> Note from B&M on the Trick-Shift Fluid: "Meets or exceeds Mercon or
> Dexron III requirements."
>
> No where does it state ATF+3 or ATF+4 - I wouldn't use it...there is a
> difference on the fluids.
>
> - Bernd
I've run the B&M trick shift (non synthetic) for over 20K miles now without
incident. I've even heard of guys (i think maybe on here) that were running
type F in their transmissions without incident. I'm not really convinced
that there's all that much difference between the dextron/mercron and ATF+
whatever. If there's really that much difference between them, I'd like to
know what it is. Do you have THAT information because it would be more
helpful than just telling us that they're different.
On a side note:
My uncle owns a trans shop around here and they've been putting the trick
shift in both synthetic and non synthetic varieties in dodge transmissions
for ages without incident. I think it's a better product than the "ATF+
whatever" anyway. I switched and my mileage as well as performance went up.
The trans shifts nice and tight and hasn't slipped at all! I should be due
for a service pretty soon, I'll keep the list posted as to what I find when
I drop the pan.
-- - Josh Lowered 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Feb 06 2004 - 11:46:45 EST