<VV> Fwd: What ATF?

[Frank DuVal]

I agree. It will cost about $1500 to change the PG fluid every 3k miles 
for 150k mile life. More if you need to buy the pan gasket. About the 
same as a tranny rebuild with no fluid changes. And the rubber parts 
still age, even with changing the fluid, so it will still need 
rebuilding for that. Of course that is like every 40 years, which is 
about 3800 miles a year, typical or high miles for a collector car.

Then we can also discuss how you cannot change all the fluid unless you 
remove the torque converter or add drain plugs to it.

I can hardly remember EVER changing PG fluid on my or customer cars 
before the 100k mark. Now towing or other hard service is a different story.

Let's have a vote, how many have actually changed the PG fluid more than 
once during their ownership?

Frank DuVal

On 4/8/2015 6:23 PM, BobHelt--- via VirtualVairs wrote:
> WHOA here Joel.
> Change  PowerGlide lube every 3000 miles? Why?
> Tell us the story.....
> Bob Helt
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> All of my running Corvairs have manual transmissions so I  haven't run it
> in a Corvair yet but I will if I ever drive an auto.
> I also  change it every 3000 miles.  That's much less trouble than
> rebuilding the  transmission.
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> Joel  McGregor