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Subject:Re: synthetic automatic trans fluid
From:DaveC
Date:Sat, 21 Sep 2002 07:05:05 -0700

>I used syn in my '91 Westy w/auto tranny. Snappy and smooth performance, and
>since I had it in the engine too, no initial sluggish running at startup in
>cold weather...Salt Lake winters in the teens and 20's at times. I replaced
>the strainer/filter with a new one and since I had the tranny pan off, I
>cleaned everything up real spiffy before putting the new one in.

Bob,
How do you clean "real spiffy" with a tranny still in place, with the
guts mostly hidden up inside? Do you mean that you cleaned the pan
real good? Or the insides, as best you could access them?

Thanks,
Dave
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Dave Carpenter

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