Tranny Fluid

From : tafmanian devil via carkb com u24547 uwe

Q: my truck is 5.2 liter v8 auto with 312 cid 1996 ram with 70k miles on it and it drives 15 miles per gallon and i cant argue with that. i feel my truck is great on gas. it takes about 280 to 310 miles on full tank. .

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From : tafmanian devil via carkb com u24547 uwe

sounds like a couple of grand to put on. ill just stick with what my truck has. lifting it up and change several parts front and new tires will do at same price. but ill keep that advice u just gave me for a later project. alright.... first what year truck do you have what size tires are you looking to put on how much lift are you going to go with a complete kit or try and cobble the pieces together yourself whats the intended use of the truck once its lifted drive it around on the street looking mean light off-roading serious rock-crawling any towing in its future what engine and transmission is in it what gear ratio in the axles and finally whats your budget .

From : miles

charles wrote i have a 2001 dodge ctd 2500 and a friend and his son also have similar vehicles different years but 24 valve. i have been adding about 5% biodiesel to my low sulfur fuel for lubricity. my friends son said he adds atf for lubricity. seems like atf is much more expensive but how much do you need also is there a value in adding a small amount of gasoline during winter to prevent gelling i saw a post where a fellow put in about 1.5 gal of gas before realizing his mistake then filled up with diesel. responders said not a big deal they do that all the time. comments welcome! thanks charles i would love to try this stuff. my experience with the saab is that the current model i have has lasted nicely since 95. i only have 40 k on it. but that is partly because when i got it in 1995 i still had my old 1981. it had about 160k on the odometer maybe more. the odometer died at 95000. the support staff at the dealership here has only one saab technician at present. most roanokers and i fully intend to insult all roanokers here are pretty much incapable of getting over their fear of working on a computer driven car even now 15 and more years after they were introduced. while i dont usually like roanoke naysayers i agree with them that the problem with roanoke is roanokers. i like the cost of living. i do not like most of the weird attitudes that come from here. anyway the average roanoker is scared to death of working on saabs because it is a computerized car. they are also afraid of working on electronics and they are afraid of the two years they have to devote to get the saab certificate of accomplishment. this is amazing because the mechanic salary for saab dealerships is a lot. there is a base dollar amount and then a piece work rate they make. if you get fast at it you can make double your salary maybe more on the piece work. the service here is excellent but there arent many people who will work on the car and they are currently looking for another mechanic. they have even been advertising in national papers to get a permanent second mechanic. their staff is nice. service has always treated me well. they have told me when something was under warranty even when i didnt know. you have to follow their schedule of warranty checkups to stay in warranty but that is ok. they offer a shuttle service so that you never have problems getting home or to work i am not at all familiar with what you are talking about but i imagine i will need to invest in a new car soon enough and this is interesting. .

From : tbone

dude thanks for ur advice. sounds like a couple of grand to put on. ill just stick with what my truck has. lifting it up and change several parts front and new tires will do at same price. but ill keep that advice u just gave me for a later project. r u a mechanic .