I know,I'm just funnin' around,being silly as usual.
But I tend to agree with you,I can't see a
transmission not wearing out the fluid after a
while,or verse vica. From what I understand(*),waiting
until a vehicle has high mileage before changing the
transmission fluid is like putting synthetic oil in a
high mileage engine,and then having leaks (not due to
the new fluid,but seeming like it's the new fluid
causing leaks,and having to deal with the result.)
(*) which is very little.
Steve P.
--- Terrible Tom <SilverEightynine@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Steve Preston wrote:
>
> > Tom,I have never heard anyone say "Just leave the
> > fluid in there". But I have heard literally tens
> of
> > people say "Don't change the fluid." Two totally
> > different things! One has absolutely nothing to do
> > with the other! :)
> >
> > No,what I have heard is "Unless you're having
> > trouble,don't mess with it." I have also heard
> "Don't
> > mess with it unless you're having trouble". The
> third,
> > somewhat less common variant I've heard from
> people is
> > "Mess with it? Don't! (Unless you're having
> trouble)".
> > I had an English teacher tell me that once.
> >
> > Steve P.
>
> Interesting...
>
> There is a concept many people have yet to warm up
> to... its called
> Preventative Maintenance. There's also a little
> thing that comes with
> every new car and truck called an owners manual!
> They have these things
> in them called words and some of them are arranged
> into what's called a
> maintenance schedule.
>
> Now I understand all too well what its like to be on
> a tight budget.
> I'm no oil company CEO and I'm not likely to be any
> time soon... but if
> you don't do any repairs or service on a truck,
> because "nothings broke
> yet" - and/or you want to be a penny pincher and
> save a few bucks...
> then you are going to loose in the long run.
> Engines that don't get oil
> changed regularly will sludge up and start to run
> lousy and will fail
> sooner than an engine with regular oil changes.
> Burnt tranny fluid
> loses its ability to lubricate and protect the
> internals of the trans.
> Ya know how the ole'man used to pull the tranny
> dipstick and sniff the
> fluid and look at the color? Well if the tranny
> fluid smells like used
> motor oil, or hot metal... and looks orange or dark
> instead of red or
> pink... then its a real good time to change the
> fluid.
>
> People who wait until the brake pads are chunking
> the rotors are going
> to pay more money for repairs because now they have
> to do rotors and
> pads and who knows maybe calipers... because they
> didn't do preventative
> maintenance.
>
> Oh and while I'm ranting about doing repairs... I
> want to find the
> engineer who designed the rear brake system on
> 2002-to-current
> generation Ford Explorer 4 doors... shove the
> parking brake return
> springs in his eyes and the parking brake shoes
> where the sun don't
> shine... and ask him to try SERVICING the garbage he
> designed on a CAD
> program in some lab... and see if he thinks its such
> a wonderful design
> THEN!
>
> I HATE REAR DISC BRAKES!!!!
>
> --
>
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> and a 4x4 with no dents wasn't at a DML BBQ"
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