Around this time last year I bought a 1991 Dodge Dakota 3.9V6 with 4 spd (Automatic) trans.
At the time and until two days ago i was running on the idea that the previous owner had done the normal Maintenance schedule on the vehicle before parking it on '03.
Little did i know ,It seems that he never did a Transmission fluid change EVER.
A few weeks ago it started popping out of gear rather violently and it just got worse,But i thought little of it past "It's old".
So I went camping last weekend and after packing up,I went to leave and i had No reverse,No drive past 25mph. It acted like a manual Trans with a super slippy clutch.
We get it flat-towed to the garage and prop the truck up.
We drop the pan and as we should know,Trans Fluid is Dark-ish red. The fluid was used oil jet black and the filter was so plugged it couldn't let the trans fluid on the top of the filter through. What was actually in the trans smelled incredibly burnt
We change everything out ,using 3 quarts of ATF+4 and a quart of Lucas Trans Fix.
I currently have 3 gears and what seems to be Overdrive.4th is currently non -
existent and i have a loud rattle from the trans in both Drive,Reverse and park.
Now in the morning if I give it full throttle it slips ,but is fine after warming.
No clue what to do about 4th gear now ,probably going to Roadkill it and just deal with it.
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UPDATE 11/18/18
Transmission has no 4th but i still have the 3 and O/D.
Transmission no longer slips but still rattles.
And i check the fluid every week.
At the time and until two days ago i was running on the idea that the previous owner had done the normal Maintenance schedule on the vehicle before parking it on '03.
Little did i know ,It seems that he never did a Transmission fluid change EVER.
A few weeks ago it started popping out of gear rather violently and it just got worse,But i thought little of it past "It's old".
So I went camping last weekend and after packing up,I went to leave and i had No reverse,No drive past 25mph. It acted like a manual Trans with a super slippy clutch.
We get it flat-towed to the garage and prop the truck up.
We drop the pan and as we should know,Trans Fluid is Dark-ish red. The fluid was used oil jet black and the filter was so plugged it couldn't let the trans fluid on the top of the filter through. What was actually in the trans smelled incredibly burnt
We change everything out ,using 3 quarts of ATF+4 and a quart of Lucas Trans Fix.
I currently have 3 gears and what seems to be Overdrive.4th is currently non -
existent and i have a loud rattle from the trans in both Drive,Reverse and park.
Now in the morning if I give it full throttle it slips ,but is fine after warming.
No clue what to do about 4th gear now ,probably going to Roadkill it and just deal with it.
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UPDATE 11/18/18
Transmission has no 4th but i still have the 3 and O/D.
Transmission no longer slips but still rattles.
And i check the fluid every week.