The only time I've ever had to force it out of park was if I was parked on a
slope. Other than that it shifts like butter no matter how cold it gets. If
your on level ground and it's doing this, it ain't normal! Call the service
guy back and tell him you'll keep track of him fixing it instead of you keeping
track of a poorly working tranny or shifter! ;-)
I got antsy and changed my oil at 1k miles even though I'm told it wasn't
necessary with modern engines.
Tom
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Subject: DML: Continuig Tranny Adventures
Author: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net> at smtpout
Date: 12/23/99 10:43 AM
Well, this is a pretty minor "problem' that i'm having with the tranny.
Recall, i'm the one that had a whole new tranny put in after the truck was 3
days old.
Since the weather has gotten quite a bit colder (-8 C, 10 F) when i hop in
the truck in the morning, i really have to yank on the lever to get it out
of "Park". This seems to have happened right when it got colder. I don't
really warm the truck up that much before i get going but i just drive slow
until the temp. goes up a bit.
But i've never heard of a transmission sticking because it's cold???
Told the service guy, he's like just keep track of it and call if it gets
worse.
Wondering if anyone else has experienced this and if there's any idea why
this would be happening???
And i've got about 3000 km (1900 mi) on the Dak so far.
And speaking of mileage, whn did most of you folks get your first oil
change?
TIA
Frank WJ
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