A few months ago my Dad and I were talking about changing trasmission fluid and
he pointed out that years ago they'd almost never change the transmission fluid
at least until it turned brown and smelled bad. I pointed out how cars didn't
get the kind of transmission life we get now...
Of course 50k is pretty terrible...
-Curt
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:11:08 -0500
From: "Allan Streib" <str...@cs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fiat gets 35% stake in Chrysler
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On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:18:41 -0500, "E M" <pokieba...@gmail.com> said:
> For all the jokes an old push rod V8 might get, it makes great power, great
> torque, and yes, returns very good mileage for the power. A 350 given
> little more than regular oil changes and service which is much simpler
> than most any other engine, will easily go half a million kms. The
> transmissions are among the best, if not the best in the world.
The trannys used to be good for 50,000 miles at best. My parents had a
'71 Skylark, with the 350 V8. The motor never gave them any real
trouble, but they went through 3 transmissions in under 150,000 miles
(and the car was dealer maintained).
Allan
--
1983 300D
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