I wouldn't do that myself.. but if I wanted a 'shift tightening up' additive I'd put in Trans-X. in any case ..you are probably on borrowed time. and besides.. in transmission issues, when they are old and have symptoms.. sometimes, the longer you wait, the more expensive , or even impossible to do, the rebuild is. Used ones are risky too, unless you see them driving nicelyfirst. Even left to sit a long time..a tired old one that was working may not when tried again.BTDT. I could use btw....good working used transmissions ... one good auto for an 86. one good DK. a good waterboxer 4 speed. I just took an auto trans core to German Transaxle recently ... it was pretty much not a rebuildable core - an expensive propositionfor sure.
On 6/30/2013 8:02 AM, Jim Ogul wrote: > Earlier I posted the issue I'm having where my Westy won't upshift to 3rd > until its warmed up (about 2.2 miles) I found a thread on the Samba > suggesting switching to F type AT fluid. hHs anyone here tried that for an > ailing AT and did it help? > > Jim > 85 Westy > |
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