Tranny Fluid

I wouldn't get my hopes up about trading in an oil change coupon for a tranny fluid change. The tranny fluid that is required costs about $13 a quart.

Several months ago the dealer I use quoted me $80 in labor plus however much fluid the tranny took. I decided to do the fluid change myself but there's a ton more information I need to pass along to you about it. Let me know if your still interested in tackling this project and I'll elaborate more later. I have a window tinting appt. to go to right now so I'm off.

Go to my pic link and select the Titan LE pictures, you'll see several pics I took while changing the fluid.

I took her in this morning to get the replacement radio installed. I went ahead and had them do the fluid change, charged me 50 bucks for it. Considering the fluid is 9 bucks a quart at the parts counter, I don't think thats too bad. I will be doing it myself in the future, unless the truck is in for something else anyway. I am still curious about the information you had to pass on if you are willing to share it

Nate, did they do the complete FLUSH for $50.00, or just drain the pan and replace? I hope they did the flush, including the converter fluid, or you basicly got half a job done! If they did the entire flush for that amount, you got a GREAT deal.

They said they did the flush. I think they actually cut me a deal on the labor since it was in for warranty work anyway. As much as a hate dealing with dealerships, mine actually seems to care if I walk out of there happy or not. We'll see if they keep it up.

that's got to be the best price I've ever heard for a tranny flush Nate. When I drained mine at 20K miles on my last truck it looked perfect, no discoloration or burnt smell to it at all. I decided that on my current truck I'll drain and refill it every 10k Miles because I'm not going in for the flush. The fluid is expensive but I know on my last truck it held up great, even with the way I drove it which was VERY HARD!!

JetTech said:

that's got to be the best price I've ever heard for a tranny flush Nate. When I drained mine at 20K miles on my last truck it looked perfect, no discoloration or burnt smell to it at all. I decided that on my current truck I'll drain and refill it every 10k Miles because I'm not going in for the flush. The fluid is expensive but I know on my last truck it held up great, even with the way I drove it which was VERY HARD!!

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Just curious....did you wreck you last truck or just decided to get a 4x4??????

luckily no, I did want a 4x4 but I also wanted to get a cheaper truck to lower the payments. Where I work we are going to be taking deep pay cuts, so I got something that would fit into our budget after that happens.