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On 3/4/2004 7:00 PM, jherrman@suscom-maine.net wrote:
| I have a 2003 Dakota, 4x4, 4.7 V8, manual transmission. I've just
| rolled over 12000 miles and am getting ready for a longish
| roadtrip. I'm somewhat of a newbie under the hood, but I have a
| factory service manual coming in the mail, and am learning as I go. Up
| to now I've changed the oil every 3000 miles (starting with MobilOne
| at 1000), rotated the tires at 8000 miles, and just today had the
| dealer address the wiring harness recall. I know I need to change the
| front and rear differential fluids, at least according to the manual
| schedule `B', but are there other fluids I should change too? What
| about the transfer case and the transmission fluid; when should they
| first be changed? According to the manual, the transfer case fluid
| doesn't need changing until 60000 miles, and the manual transmission
| fluid never does. Is such a long interval really to be recommended?
I'm following the intervals in schedule B. Was told by my dealer that I
needed to for the 7/70 warranty. That means the T-case goes longer than
I would like, but at least if it breaks I can tell them "well you said
it was this many miles".
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