JJ4Short

I am at 67,000 miles right now and I was thinking about when I am going to do my 75,000 mile Maint. Do you guys go to the Dealership or do you see what is suggested and have someone else do it?

timmy8151

Do the maintenance yourself. At 75K miles it's just normal tuneup items: oil change, ATF change, plugs, etc. Nothing too difficult.

First thing you should do is get a basic service manual. If you're not going to do more than tuneups, then a Chilton or Haynes manual will suffice. If you want to do more detailed work, then there's no substitute for a Helms manual.

In the end, not only will you learn how to work on your car, you'll save yourself thousands in the long run.

JJ4Short

I think I will do that then.

03SSMTL-S

get it done somewhere else or do it yourself, the only thing you might want the stealership to do is the tranny flush.

timmy8151

If you're talking about a machine tranny flush then I'd highly recommend against this process. The reason is that we can't drop the pans on our trannies, so when these flushing machines (ie. T-Tech) displace particles in the transmission, there's no way for us to get them out. As a result, there is a potential to cause harm to the transmission.

A safer way is doing a "triple flush" in which you just drain and refill the ATF 3+ times making sure to drive the car a bit between each change.

JJ4Short

They put in a new Tranny on 3/21/05 how long do you think I should wait to flush it?

timmy8151

I usually change my ATF every 15K miles.

alleyesonmeee

Don't go to the dealership. Dealership = ripoff for scheduled maintenance.

SodaLuvr

I'm against the T-Tech, like most here have said. I highly suggest doing the 3x Drain/Refill with the Amsoil Universal ATF instead of the flush, because the filter will be serviced, if any.

I suggest having the first fluid change no later than 15,000 miles after the transmission is installed to ensure wear-in before switching to a synthetic ATF for longer drains. If you plan on extending drains PAST 30,000 miles on ANY ATF, even Amsoil Universal ATF, a fluid analysis along with consultation with an expert such as Terry Dyson is highly recommended.

Michael

55M2G7L

i just bring it to my guy every 3k for the oil changes, he changes all the fluids and checks everything, id just do that if i were you unless you wanna get by the dealer

JJ4Short

Already did, just gave the dealer 493 for a damn break job and all they did was resurface the rotors and change the pads and drain some fluids

fsttyms1

cahanging the fluid often isnt going to help our trannies either. i changed mine every oil change and that tranny lasted the shortest of them all