Originally Posted By: artbuc
Originally Posted By: dwcopple
This is gonna be EPIC if he grenades two tranny's with an experiment!!!
Do you think OP will post long term results if they are bad?
If trans has any problems I will post it. My 545rfe has already been performing poorly for the last 15k. Right now it seems like it is handling heavy loads better with the tractor fluid. I have ran valvoline atf4 and universal amsoil in it before. A little history of this trans. I have had jeep since it was new. Jeep has 80k on it. Noticed a shift flare dropped pan at about 65k, the filter split so i think it would lose fluid to pickup. New filter now. I think it glazed the converter lockup clutch and maybe some clutch packs. The trans is probably on borrowed time. I have rebuilt a turbo 350 and tf727 also a c4, they performed well. Its just a real pain to get trans out of the jeep from the looks of it. I have also added a sonnax line pressure booster to it. It seemed to help it. My problems are at more than half throttle in 4th and 5th gear on 5% plus grades. I always run it in 4th on hills now. So if this tractor fluid keeps it running GREAT. Seems some aren't too optimistic.
Originally Posted By: dwcopple
This is gonna be EPIC if he grenades two tranny's with an experiment!!!
Do you think OP will post long term results if they are bad?
If trans has any problems I will post it. My 545rfe has already been performing poorly for the last 15k. Right now it seems like it is handling heavy loads better with the tractor fluid. I have ran valvoline atf4 and universal amsoil in it before. A little history of this trans. I have had jeep since it was new. Jeep has 80k on it. Noticed a shift flare dropped pan at about 65k, the filter split so i think it would lose fluid to pickup. New filter now. I think it glazed the converter lockup clutch and maybe some clutch packs. The trans is probably on borrowed time. I have rebuilt a turbo 350 and tf727 also a c4, they performed well. Its just a real pain to get trans out of the jeep from the looks of it. I have also added a sonnax line pressure booster to it. It seemed to help it. My problems are at more than half throttle in 4th and 5th gear on 5% plus grades. I always run it in 4th on hills now. So if this tractor fluid keeps it running GREAT. Seems some aren't too optimistic.