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cheyenne1500
12-24-2008, 09:25
Its about time to change my tranny fluid in my 95' 6.5. Which is best? Big dollar synthetic or regular napa stuff? I dont really dow any towing...if that helps.

suburbanK-2500HD
12-25-2008, 11:07
:)i would go for Quality oil, and syntetic.

The price difference isnt that big. ?

The tranny costs a lot more.

damork
01-03-2009, 23:08
I flushed the tranny fluid in my 95 at least every two years or 30k miles. Bought it from Sams club - either Mobil or Amoco (non-synthetic). Flushed it myself by running the cooler return to a 5 gallon bucket after dropping the pan and replacing the filter, refilling, etc. Once the bright red fluid started pouring out the hose into the bucket I just made sure the dipstick was at the right level. Never saw a reason to use synthetic. Put the cash into a 29,000 BTU cooler and fluid never was above 180F pan temp. Cooler from bulkpart.com was about $70-80 and fit where the OEM used to sit. Condition your fluid and you don't need the high $$$ stuff. Transmission was still running strong at 260k miles and had never been rebuilt.