My tranny does not require any extra effort to pull it out of park at and
temp we have had so far. Maybe 10F was the lowest......I think you may have
a problem. Speaking of oil changes, i wil do my first one at 3000 miles, and
use regular 5W30 then at 6000 miles I will change to synthetic, works for
me. After changing to Synth. you can go longer intervals on oil changes.
Gary
2000DAKOTA, 4x4,4.7,auto
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Johnson" <frankwjohnson@hotmail.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 1999 1:43 PM
Subject: DML: Continuig Tranny Adventures
> 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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