my trans has 142000 miles on it.

i wanted to change the fluid with synthetic and add lucas trans stuff to it.

but i heard that changing fluid on a higher mileage trans causes it to fail sooner?

also anyone know how much quarts it takes too?

 

Changing the fluid shouldn't hurt it, it's an actual trans flush that you want to be careful about. As the parts wear, some of the grooves, scratches and such get filled in with fluid and the fine metal shavings. When you flush everything out, you lose that and fluid blows past seals and everything else. A good friend of mine (dang good trans builder) is the one who clued me in. He talkef about people who would insist on a flush and their car wouldn't back out of the bay afterwards.

 

oh no i just want to change the fluid. screw a flush i just want some brand spanking new red fluid in there and get some lucas in there.

also for another question theres a bolt on the bottom of the pan. is that the drainer? most likely itll have a magnet on it so ill have to clean that welll but its stuck....any suggestions?

 

Drain and magnet yes. The lucas additive is a good choice, I'd recommend their diff lube in the rearend or Redline.

 

never do an engine flush or trans flush on any engine it will fail search thru youtube i found a video of customers of an automotive lube shop that did a flush on trans and engines and about a week later there entire engines blew and trans blew i posted the video on the off topic
butyes go with lucas its a great product
in about 2 weeks im due for an oil andtrans fluid filter change adn thats what im goin with
and i think im gonna change out my rear diff and front diff fluid too

 

Lucas has a new oil out. It's a conventional oil with all the wear protection of a full synthetic for higher mileage engines, good shtuff and cheaper too.