Stick with the Mopar fluid. Can't say who the customer is, but there was a
newer Ram in the shop that switched over to "full synthetics" all around
(including the trans). Transmission was toasted (clutches and seals) at 45K
miles.
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of
david.clement@verizon.net
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 12:17 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: DML: ATF+4 an alternative
I was picking up some new u-bolts at NAPA this morning to finish up the rear
end swap on my Barracuda and remembered I needed a tranny filter for the
Dakota. As you would expect they tried to sell me ATF but I said mopar
recomends that I use ATF+4 in my transmission and that I have not found a
source other than the dealer.
He pulled out a tech bulliten from Valvoline stating that their MaxLife ATF
meets Chrsylers ATF+4 specs (the bottle only stated it met Chrysler specs).
I paid $4.99/qt for the Mopar ATF+4 at the dealer, the Valvoline Maxlife is
$2.79/qt at NAPA.
Dave Clement
99 SLT+ CC 4x4
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