On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Pindell, Tim wrote:
Can't say what the story is, I only know that everything I have read
says that the 45RFE wants AFT+4. I'm not going to argue, I just know that
a rebuild is both past my budget and technical skills at this time so
I am not going to chance putting in anything diffrent that what it says
in the manuals.
I've never rebuilt an auto tranny and would like to learn someday, but
not on the daily driver.
>
> A local Advance Auto had the last of the ATF+3 for $1.50/quart. I
> bought them all. The +4 in the same store was $4.98/quart! I'm going to
> have to look into why the +3 was superseded. Anybody have a linky or
> two for the whole story?
>
> Tim
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net [mailto:owner-dakota-
>> truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Miles D. Oliver
>> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 9:10 AM
>> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>> Subject: DML: Valvoline ATF+4 at Autozone.
>>
>>
>>
>> In case anyone is interested. Autozone is now carrying Valvoline
>> ATF+4 transmission fluid.
>>
>> Here in Winchester VA it was $3.98 a quart. They only had 12 quarts
> so I
>> bought them out. Gotta do both my Dakota and the wife's Durango, both
>> have the 45RFE so I'll hit the other Autozones in the are and get more.
>> Going to do a complete flush on both vehicles and the transfer cases. I
>> have the aux tranny cooler so I'll be in for lots of quarts doing this
> for
>> both trucks.
>>
>> Now they just have to finish the shop so that I can get in there. I
>> expect to have a working lift by middle of next week. I won't tackle
> this
>> job laying on the ground.
>>
>> I think that the Amsoil equivalent was $8.65 a quart and the
> Stealership
>> was around $8 or so last time I checked.
>>
>> I've had good results with Valvoline stuff in the past so I think
> that
>> this is a decent deal. I've never used any of the Amsoil stuff so I
> can
>> only comment on price, which the Valvoline wins out for me now.
>>
>> --
>> Miles D. Oliver
>> www.mmoliver.org
>>
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