midnight

So I just replaced my junk tranny with one from the salvage yard. It has "over 100,000 miles" according to the guy and that's all I know. It works great now, but I'm wondering how to take care of it to make it last. I wrecked the last one by flushing it thinking that would make it last. So are we not supposed to flush these and just drain and refill them. I haven't done anything to this one yet. Can someone please give me some advice on this. Thanks.

DA-MAX

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get a transmission fluid cooler..cheap and easy prevention right there

don't drive like a maniac

and I guess keeping a watch of the fluid and maybe changing it every 20k miles or so(thats what I used to do after my second rebuild)...nit sure if it helped, but thats what I was told

usmanasif

Yes...do NOT flush it! That just stirs all the gunk up and the seals begin to leak.

Tom

I flush mine every 15K (163k now), but I've been doing this from the very beginning. But if you have a transmission that hasn't been flushed frequently, it's probably a better idea to drain and refill.

Cliff Clavin

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umm, the best way to fix those crappy ATs is to do a 5-speed swap

MrGone

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While you might be able to get away with that on Dodge trucks, you absolutely CANNOT get away with that on Nissans.


You scare me.

bonzelite

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someone descend from the flaming heavens on this, but this is about the AT, right? manuals you can flush and flush and just flush.

or is the whole thing a myth? i flush my 5spd from time to time. and it is fine.

MrGone

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no, your right Chad, just keep on your current maintence scheudle

bonzelite

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much obliged, shawn. do you ever talk with sarin? he's in your neck of the woods, i'm assuming.

back O.T. - i'll continue as i am with the tranny. also, can you recommend a tranny cooler? i keep meaning to do this. but of course, you know how that goes...

MrGone

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yeah, I just caravaned up with him from Woodburn Oregon to Exit 148A (IIRC) on saturday evening

I'll send you a link to some vid's we took on the way back

Tranny cooler + 5spd will require some type of pump.

bonzelite

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can't wait for the link to vids.

how would you patch the cooler/pump in? would you run it off the battery like you would an amplifier? i'm a dumb-a$$ with electrical ideas. i am assuming that the cooler's plumbing is sealed or self-contained and must be pumped around itself, ie, it ain't running coolant through the engine block or tranny itself. is this correctly vague?

midnight

Can someone with a FSM add a post? Just to say what it says about how often to drain and refill. Thanks.

internetautomar

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probably every 25k , don't have FSM here.
Also add a bottle of Lubegard Red to the tranny when you drain and fill.

MrGone

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internetautomar

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www.lubegard.com

usmanasif

Eh...? What the heck? I was talking about NOT flushing it so as to prevent leaks. BTW, I am used to scaring people....I am 6' 3" 260lbs!

Brian, thanks for the Lubegard idea. I am going on a long road trip. Will be sure to add it prior to leaving.

MrGone

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If you have a leak, fix it. A leak is alot cheaper to fix than a busted tranny from running on burn't tranny fluid.



I bet my dad can beat up your dad.

Brian, I'm still skeptical...

KLoWnPR109

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I'm two inches taller than you. I win

midnight

So do you think I should drain and refill the fluid now since I bought this tranny from a junkyard and it could have sat there for the last five years for all I know?

subs1000w

it was proboly drained when they pulled it out of the car so it proboly has new fluid in it

eric93SE

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There's no F-ing way they put new fluid in it.

You should definitly do a drain/fill. Hopefully their is no tranny fix crap in their.

internetautomar

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Stop by your local trans rebuilder and chances are you'll see bottles of a red trans additive on their shelf.
Sometimes it's Lubegard sometime's it's a "Generic" branded version of it.